NMB Loc. 16809 - Rio Gurabo [Gurabo Fm]: Messinian, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Cairns and Wells 1987
Cairns and Wells 1987
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Vokes and Vokes 1992
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Waller 2011 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Ochetoclava sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Bursa grayana Dunker 1862
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Sconsia laevigata (Guppy 1850)
Beu 2010 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Personidae
Distorsio simillima (Sowerby 1850)
Beu 2010 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Vokes 1989
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum coniforme (Sowerby 1850)
Nehm 2001 7 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria (Lyria) pulchella (Sowerby 1850)
Vokes 1998
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Jung and Petit 1990
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.5° North, 71.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.1° North, 69.7° 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: 7.0 Ma (age-depth)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Rio Gurabo
Regional section:Rio Gurabo Regional bed:5
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 G5: 210-250 m above base.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "siliciclastic"
Secondary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:perireef or subreef
Geology comments: deeper (more than 10-20 m), more turbid reef habitats in a siliciclastic-dominated environment
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:93709
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, A. Hendy Enterer:U. Merkel, A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-01-29 00:18:13 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2010-01-29 00:18:13
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]
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]
42438 P. Jung. 1989. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
43555 P. Jung and R. E. Petit. 1990. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 10. The family Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 98(334):87-144 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
42446 R. H. Nehm. 2001. Neogene paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic. 21. The genus Prunum (Gastropoda: Marginellidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology (359)1-46 [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]
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]