NMB Loc. 15851, Rio Gurabo: Zanclean, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Cavoliniidae
Janssen 1999 1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.5° North, 71.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.9° North, 70.2° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
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
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gurabo
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Gurabo G6, 250-290 m, earliest Zanclean in age model of McNeill et al., 2008
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified argillaceous rudstone
Secondary lithology: lithified siltstone
Lithology description: Soft silts with coral rubble.
Environment:perireef or subreef
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:181405
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, M. Clapham Enterer:M. Krause, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2016-09-12 08:20:17 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2016-09-12 08:20:17
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
64357. A. Logan. 1987. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic 6. The phylum Brachiopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 93(328):44-55 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

58961 A. W. Janssen. 1999. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 20. Holoplanktonic Mollusks (Gastropoda: Heteropoda and Thecosomata). Bulletins of American Paleontology (358)1-40 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]