El Castillo [La Isabella Fm]: Pleistocene, Dominican Republic
collected by Landau
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Tonnidae
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Tonna pennata
(Mörch 1853)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Cassis flammea
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Monoplex pilearis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Monoplex aquatilis
(Reeve 1844)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Monoplex nicobaricus
(Röding 1798)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Dominican Republic |
| Coordinates: | 18.5° North, 70.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 18.6° North, 69.8° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58 - 0.0117 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | La Isabella | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the La Isabella Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are discussed. AGE: Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Not reported in text, but assumed to be siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Unknown. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text, but likely from a shallow marine siliciclastic facies. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | Landau |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: B. Landau. REPOSITORY: Bernard Landau collection. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-resolution identifications, and modern nomenclature. COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 136271 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-11-25 07:15:02 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2014-11-25 07:15:02 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |