NMB Loc. 16862 - Río Cano [Gurabo Fm]: Zanclean, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Cairns and Wells 1987
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Budd and Johnson 1999
Budd and Johnson 1999
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster doederleini (Chester 1972)
Kier 1992
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Vokes and Vokes 1992
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Lindapecten plurinominis (Pilsbry and Johnson 1917)
Waller 2011 1 specimen
Amusium papyraceum (Gabb 1873)
Waller 2011 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Vasum haitense (Sowerby 1850)
Vokes 1998
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Lobatus haitensis (Sowerby 1850)
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Strombus bifrons Sowerby 1850
Freiheit and Geary 2009
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 18.9° North, 71.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.3° North, 70.6° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Pliocene
Stage: Zanclean 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Zanclean
Age range of interval: 5.333 - 3.6 m.y. ago
Age estimate: 4.4 Ma (age-depth)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gurabo
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Gurabo Fm, which overlies the Cercado Fm, and is overlain by the Mao Fm (Pliocene). AGE: Late Miocene-Early Pliocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); direct date extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999) and Saunders et al. (1986). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 350 m above base of the section, and near the base of the Gurabo Fm.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified not reported
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified based on figured specimes.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Degree of concentration:-single event
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: USNM.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in taxonomic monograph. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identification.
Metadata
Database number:90620
Authorizer:A. Hendy, W. Kiessling Enterer:A. Hendy, U. Merkel
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-08-11 08:21:09 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2009-08-11 08:21:09
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:

30037 A. G. Beu. 2010. Neogene Tonnoidean Gastropods of Tropical and South America; contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and Uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology (377-378)1-550 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
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]
31716 S. D. Cairns and J. W. Wells. 1987. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 5. The suborders Caryophylliina and Dendrophylliina (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 93(328):23-43 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
29992 J. R. Freiheit and D. H. Geary. 2009. Neogene Paleontology of the Northern Dominican Republic. 23. Strombid Gastropods (Genera Strombus and Lobatus; Mollusca: Gastropoda: Strombidae) of the Cibao Valley. Bulletins of American Paleontology 376:1-54 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
18706 P. M. Kier. 1992. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic. 13. The Class Echinoidea (Echinodermata). Bulletins of American Paleontology 102(339):13-28 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
57439 J. S. Klaus, S. T. Murray, P. K. Swart and D. F. McNeill. 2013. Resource partitioning and paleoecology of Neogene free-living corals as determined from skeletal stable isotope composition. Buletin of marine science 84(4):937-954 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]
18707 E. H. Vokes. 1998. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 18. The Superfamily Volutacea (in part) (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 113(354):1-54 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
18705 H. E. Vokes and E.H. Vokes. 1992. Neogene Paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic: The Genus Spondylus (Bivalvia: Spondylidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology 102(339):1-40 [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]