NMB Loc. 15893 - Rio Gurabo [Cercado Fm]: Tortonian, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites portoricensis
(Vaughan 1919)
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Foster 1986 | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Montastrea limbata
(Duncan 1863)
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Budd 1991 | ||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montastraeidae
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Montastrea cavernosa
(Linne 1767)
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Budd 1991 | ||||||
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unclassified
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Antillopecten microlineatus n. sp.
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Waller 2011 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Charonia variegata
(Lamarck 1816)
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Beu 2010 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Mimachlamys blowi n. sp.
Waller 2011
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Waller 2011 | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Dominican Republic |
| Coordinates: | 19.5° North, 71.2° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.4° North, 70.3° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tortonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63 - 7.246 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 7.4 Ma (age-depth) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cercado | ||||
| Regional section: | Rio Gurabo | Regional bed: | 2 | ||
| 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 G2 (140-150 m), uppermost Cercado or lower Gurabo Formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified "siliciclastic" |
| Environment: | perireef or subreef |
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
| Database number: | 94093 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, A. Hendy | Enterer: | U. Merkel, A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-02-09 04:51:08 | Last modified: | 2012-12-07 09:52:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-02-09 04:51:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] |