NMB Loc. 15829, Rio Gurabo: Zanclean, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Guyniidae
Pourtalocyathus hispidus (Pourtales 1878)
Cairns and Wells 1987
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Limacinidae
Limacina sp. Bosc 1817
Janssen 1999 13 specimens
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Cavoliniidae
Janssen 1999 7 specimens
Diacria trispinosa (de Blainville 1821)
Janssen 1999 2 specimens
Hyalocylis striata (Rang 1828)
Janssen 1999 1 specimen
Clio sp. Linnaeus 1767
Janssen 1999 1 specimen
Clio pyramidata Linnaeus 1767
Janssen 1999 7 specimens
Clio cuspidata Bosc 1802
Janssen 1999 1 specimen
Janssen 1999 1 specimen
Creseis acicula (Renz 1829)
Janssen 1999 9 specimens
Gastropoda - Triphoridae
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Gastropoda - Siliquariidae
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet. (Fleming 1822)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellidae indet. Férussac 1822
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Verticordiidae
Jung 1996 5 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Waller 2011 3 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Waller 2011 1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Logan 1987 17 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Tichosina lecta (Guppy 1866)
Logan 1987 30 specimens
Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus dumerilii Bleeker 1856
Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.5° North, 71.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.9° North, 70.2° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
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
Stratigraphy
Formation:Mao
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: AGE: NN14 to NN15 nannoplankton zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: unit G12: 740-770 m, sample 15829: 757 m above base.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified siltstone
Environment:offshore indet.
Geology comments: slump deposits, outer shelf or slope setting
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:93691
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, A. Hendy, M. Clapham, M. Uhen Enterer:U. Merkel, M. Clapham, M. Uhen, M. Krause, A. Hendy
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-01-28 05:24:17 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2010-01-28 05:24:17
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:

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]
43588 A. H. Cheetham and J. B. C. Jackson. 1999. Neogene cheilostome Bryozoa of tropical America: Comparison and contrast between the Central American Isthmus (Panama, Costa Rica) and the north-central Caribbean (Dominican Republic). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (357)159-192 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
58961 A. W. Janssen. 1999. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 20. Holoplanktonic Mollusks (Gastropoda: Heteropoda and Thecosomata). Bulletins of American Paleontology (358)1-40 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
42438 P. Jung. 1989. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
25339 P. Jung. 1996. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic: 17. The familes Cuspidariidae and Verticordiidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 110(351):35-54 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
64357 A. Logan. 1987. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic 6. The phylum Brachiopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 93(328):44-55 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
76158 W. Schwarzhans and O. Aguilera. 2013. Otoliths of the Myctophidae from the Neogene of tropical America. Paleo Ichthyologica 13:83-150 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
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]