NMB Loc. 16817 - Río Cano [Gurabo Fm]: Zanclean, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Budd 1991
Budd 1991
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Foster 1987
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Manicina grandis (Duncan 1864)
Budd and Johnson 1999
Budd and Johnson 1999
Budd and Johnson 1999
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Budd 1991
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites waylandi Foster 1986
Foster 1986
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Vokes and Vokes 1992
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Euvola soror (Gabb 1873)
Waller 2011 1 specimen
Lindapecten plurinominis (Pilsbry and Johnson 1917)
Waller 2011 1 specimen
Waller 2011 36 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Jung 1989 10 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Cyclopecten guppyi (Dall 1898)
Waller 2011 3 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828
Jung 1989 50 specimens
Anodontia sp. Link 1807
Jung 1989 58 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Vokes 1989
Vokes 1989
INCLUDES: Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis haitensis and h. sambaica
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Jung 1996 2 specimens
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Verticordiidae
Jung 1996 6 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatellidae indet. Férussac 1822
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Smaragdia viridis (Linnaeus 1758)
Costa et al. 2001 6 specimens
Gastropoda - Juliidae
Julia sp. Gould 1862
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Vermicularia woodringi Olsson and Harbison 1953
Jung 1989 32 specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet. (Fleming 1822)
Jung 1989 26 specimens
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Cerithium obesum Guppy 1876
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Jung 1989 5 specimens
Ochetoclava sp. Woodring 1928
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Tectonatica sp. Sacco 1890
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Stigmaulax sp. Morch 1852
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Sigatica sp. (Meyer and Aldrich 1886)
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Malea elliptica Pilsbry and Johnston 1917
Beu 2010 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Bursa grayana Dunker 1862
Beu 2010 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Cypraecassis testiculus (Linnaeus 1758)
Beu 2010 4 specimens
Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850
Beu 2010 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Propustularia sp. Schilder 1927
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora delecta (Guppy 1876)
Jung 1989 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Jung 1994 8 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebridae indet. Mörch 1852
Jung 1989 4 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Vokes 1989
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Nehm 2001 14 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
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 34 specimens
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Jung 1989 27 specimens
Jung 1989 1 specimen
Jung 1989 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Jung 1989 20 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.5° North, 71.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.9° North, 70.3° 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: 5.0 Ma (age-depth)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gurabo
Local section:Río Cano Local bed:345 m
Local order:bottom to top
Regional section:Río Cano Regional bed:5
Regional order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: AGE: direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: unit C5 (330-375 m), sample 350 m.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: deeper (20-30 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:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3902
Database number:93737
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, A. Hendy Enterer:U. Merkel, A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-02-01 06:47:03 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2010-02-01 06:47:03
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]
31893 A. F. Budd. 1991. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 11. The family Faviidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia), part 1. The genera Montastrea and Solenastrea. Bulletins of American Paleontology 101:5-83 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
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]
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]
26933 F. H. A. Costa, R. H. Neim, and C. S. Hickman. 2001. Neogene paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic. 22. The family Neritidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 359:47-71 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]
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]
31880 A. B. Foster. 1987. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 4. The genus Stephanocoenia (Anthozoa, Scleractinia, Astrocoeniidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology 93:5-22 [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]
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]
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]