NMB Loc. 16913 - Río Mao [Cercado Fm]: Tortonian, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Calcinidae
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Dardanus squamatus
Collins et al. 2009
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Collins et al. 2009 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Leptopecten thompsoni
(Maury 1917)
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Waller 2011 | 213 specimens | |||||
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Argopecten eccentricus
(Gabb 1873)
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Waller 2011 | 645 specimens | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Cuspidariidae
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Cardiomya (Cardiomya) islahispaniolae
(Maury 1917)
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Jung 1996 | 4 specimens | |||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis
(Sowerby 1850)
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
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Laevicardium venustulum
(Gabb 1873)
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
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Trachycardium (Mexicardia) dominicanum
(Dall 1900)
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
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Trachycardium (Dallocardia) tintinnabularum
(Maury 1917)
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus gibsonsmithi
Beu 2010
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Beu 2010 | 1 specimen | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus proximus
Sowerby 1850
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Freiheit and Geary 2009 | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria (Bivetiella) bajonensis
Jung and Petit 1990
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Jung and Petit 1990 | ||||||
| recombined as Bivetiella bajonensis | |||||||
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Aphera islacolonis
(Maury 1917)
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Jung and Petit 1990 | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Turbinella praelaevigata
Vokes 1964
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Vokes 1998 | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus
(Guppy 1876)
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Vokes 1989 | ||||||
| recombined as Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Prunum maoense
(Maury 1917)
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Nehm 2001 | 5 specimens | |||||
| original and current combination Marginella maoensis | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Conella perplexabilis
(Maury 1917)
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Jung 1994 | 3 specimens | |||||
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Parametaria (Dominitaria) islahispaniolae
(Maury 1917)
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Jung 1994 | 2 specimens | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Cassis sulcifera
Sowerby 1850
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Beu 2010 | 6 specimens | |||||
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Semicassis reclusa
(Guppy 1873)
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Beu 2010 | 3 specimens | |||||
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Gastropoda
- Tonnidae
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Malea camura
Guppy 1866
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Beu 2010 | 55 specimens | |||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Dominican Republic |
| Coordinates: | 19.6° North, 71.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.6° North, 70.1° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| 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: | 11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 8.0 Ma (age-depth) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cercado | ||||
| Regional order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From either the Cercado or Gurabo Fm; placed by enterer in the Cercado Fm on the basis of age. AGE: Late Miocene-Early Pliocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Unknown, but presumably siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Not stated in text, but figured specimen is free of sediment. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: deeper (more than 10-20 m), more turbid reef habitats | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | NMB |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Unknown. REPOSITORY: NMB (Naturhistoriches Museum Basel). | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to decapoda. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identification. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 99854 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-11-25 11:40:15 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2011-11-25 11:40:15 |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 34337 | J. S. H. Collins, R. W. Portell, and S. K. Donovan. 2009. Decapod crustaceans from the Neogene of the Caribbean: diversity, distribution and prospectus. Scripta Geologica 138:55-111 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] |