NMB Loc. 15863 - Río 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
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Budd and Johnson 1999
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Foster 1986
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Vokes 1989
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Vokes and Vokes 1992
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Argopecten inaequalis (Sowerby 1850)
Waller 2011 3 specimens
Argopecten thetidis (Sowerby 1850)
Waller 2011 16 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Verticordiidae
Jung 1996 6 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella guppyi (Dall 1896)
Jung 1989 59 specimens
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Vermicularia woodringi Olsson and Harbison 1953
Jung 1989 18 specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet. (Fleming 1822)
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Jung 1989 80 specimens
Gastropoda - Siliquariidae
Jung 1989 20 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810
Jung 1989 37 specimens
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Malea camura Guppy 1866
Beu 2010 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Bursa grayana Dunker 1862
Beu 2010 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850
Beu 2010 11 specimens
Sconsia laevigata (Guppy 1850)
Beu 2010 5 specimens
Gastropoda - Personidae
Distorsio simillima (Sowerby 1850)
Beu 2010 1 specimen
Distorsio mcgintyi Emerson and Puffer 1953
Beu 2010 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Fusinus henekeni (Sowerby 1850)
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Jung 1989 31 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Metulella venusta (Sowerby 1850)
Jung 1994 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebridae indet. Mörch 1852
Jung 1989 9 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Vokes 1989
Vokes 1989
Vokes 1989
Vokes 1989
Vokes 1989
Vokes 1989
Vokes 1989
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum coniforme (Sowerby 1850)
Nehm 2001 17 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria (Lyria) pulchella (Sowerby 1850)
Vokes 1998
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Vasum gurabicum Maury 1917
Vokes 1998
Vasum aedificatum (Guppy 1876)
Vokes 1998
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Agatrix losquemadica Jung and Petit 1990
Jung and Petit 1990
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Lobatus haitensis (Sowerby 1850)
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Lobatus dominator (Pilsbry 1917)
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Strombus bifrons Sowerby 1850
Freiheit and Geary 2009
Gastropoda - Triphoridae
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Jung 1989 175 specimens
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: 6.8 Ma (age-depth)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gurabo
Local section:Río Gurabo Local bed:236 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: AGE: Early Pliocene, according to Waller (2011); direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: unit G5: 210-250 m above base.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified "siliciclastic"
Lithology description: corals in thickets or small bioherms in a siliciclastic-dominated environment
Environment:perireef or subreef
Geology comments: deeper (more than 10-20 m), more turbid reef habitats
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:93716
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, A. Hendy Enterer:U. Merkel, A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-01-29 01:57:46 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2010-01-29 01:57:46
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]
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]
31838 A. B. Foster. 1986. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 3. The family Poritidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 90:47-123 [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]
42438 P. Jung. 1989. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
19070 P. Jung. 1994. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 15. The Genera Columbella, Eurypyrene, Parametaria, Conella, Nitidella, and Metulella (Gastropoda: Columbellidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology 106(344):1-45 [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]
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]
43491 B. Landau, R. E. Petit, and C. M. Silva. 2012. New Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Gatun Formation of Panama, with eleven new species. Journal of Paleontology 86(6):907-930 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
26932 R. H. Nehm. 2001. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic. Part 21. The Genus Prunum (Gastropoda: Marginellidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology (359)1-46 [A. Hendy/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]
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]
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]