NMB Loc. 16831 - Rio Cana [Gurabo Fm]: Messinian, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Budd and Johnson 1999
Manicina grandis (Duncan 1864)
Budd and Johnson 1999
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Thysanus navicula (Duncan 1864)
Budd and Johnson 1999
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Euvola soror (Gabb 1873)
Waller 2011 1 specimen
Lindapecten plurinominis (Pilsbry and Johnson 1917)
Waller 2011 1 specimen
Waller 2011 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Anodontia sp. Link 1807
Jung 1989 96 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Vokes 1989
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Vokes 1989
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.5° North, 71.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.1° North, 69.8° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Messinian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Messinian
Age range of interval: 7.246 - 5.333 m.y. ago
Age estimate: 5.9 Ma (age-depth)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gurabo
Regional section:Rio Cana Regional bed:4
Regional order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: AGE: direct date extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999) and Saunders et al. (1986). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: unit C4 (280-330 m)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandstone
Secondary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: soft bottom communities of reef-associated grass flats
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: moderate to deep water depth 10-30 m
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:84989
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, A. Hendy Enterer:U. Merkel, A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-11-19 06:57:20 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-11-19 06:57:20
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
25313. J. B. Saunders, P. Jung, and B. Biju-Duval. 1986. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic: 1. Field Surveys, Lithology, Environment, and Age. Bulletins of American Paleontology 89(323):1-79 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

28516 A. F. Budd and K. G. Johnson. 1999. Neogene Paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic 19: The family Faviidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) part II: The genera Caulastraea, Favia, Diploria, Thysanus, Hadrophyllia, Manicina and Colpophyllia. Bulletins of American Paleontology 356:1-83 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
42438 P. Jung. 1989. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
25312 E. H. Vokes. 1989. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 8. The Family Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology. Bulletins of American Paleontology 97(332):1-94 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
24476 H. E. Vokes. 1989. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 9. The Family Cardiidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 97(332):95-161 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
37262 T. R. Waller. 2011. Neogene Paleontology of the Northern Dominican Republic. 24. Propeamussidae and Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinoidea) of the Cibao Valley. Bulletins of American Paleontology (381)1-198 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]