Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.2° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Gurabo Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• From zone. Section approximately 15 ft thick.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, blue, calcareous claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Reposited in the PRI
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Collections reposited at Cornell University and now reside at PRI.
Primary reference: C. J. Maury. 1917. Santo Domingo type sections and fossils. Bulletins of American Paleontology 5(30):1-43 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 58821: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.02.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea haitensis" = Hyotissa haitensis
"Ostrea haitensis" = Hyotissa haitensis Sowerby 1850 oyster | |
"Ostrea virginica" = Crassostrea virginica
"Ostrea virginica" = Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791 oyster | |
Spondylus gumanomocon Brown and Pilsbry 1913 scallop | |
"Barbatia cf. bonaczyi" = Barbatia (Barbatia) bonaczyi, "Arca occidentalis" = Byssoarca zebra
"Barbatia cf. bonaczyi" = Barbatia (Barbatia) bonaczyi Gabb 1873 clam
"Arca occidentalis" = Byssoarca zebra Swainson 1833 ark | |
Gastropoda | |
"Drillia losquemadica" = Crassispira losquemadica, "Drillia hispaniolae" = Crassispira (Crassispirella) hispaniolae
"Drillia losquemadica" = Crassispira losquemadica Maury 1917 snail
"Drillia hispaniolae" = Crassispira (Crassispirella) hispaniolae Maury 1917 snail | |
Triforis calypsonis Maury 1917 snail | |
"Cypraea spurcoides" = Zonaria spurcoides, "Cypraea dominicensis" = Luria dominicensis
"Cypraea spurcoides" = Zonaria spurcoides Gabb 1873 cowry
"Cypraea dominicensis" = Luria dominicensis Gabb 1873 cowry | |
"Cypraea gabbiana" = Jenneria gabbiana
"Cypraea gabbiana" = Jenneria gabbiana Guppy 1876 Jenner's Cowry | |
Mitra quemadica Maury 1917 mitre shell | |
"Terebra inaequalis" = Terebra (Paraterebra) inaequalis
"Terebra inaequalis" = Terebra (Paraterebra) inaequalis Sowerby 1849 auger snail | |
"Clathurella vendryesiana" = Euclathurella (Euclathurella) vendryesiana
"Clathurella vendryesiana" = Euclathurella (Euclathurella) vendryesiana Dall 1896 snail | |
"Drillia venusta" = Clathrodrillia venusta, Drillia donalbertonis
"Drillia venusta" = Clathrodrillia venusta Sowerby 1850 snail
Drillia donalbertonis Maury 1917 snail | |
Surcula labiata Gabb 1873 snail | |
"Conus olssoni" = Conus (Atlanticonus) olssoni, "Conus marginatus" = Conus (Leptoconus) marginatus, "Conus proteus" = Conus spurius, "Conus recognitus" = Conus (Pyruconus) recognitus
"Conus olssoni" = Conus (Atlanticonus) olssoni Maury 1917 cone shell
"Conus marginatus" = Conus (Leptoconus) marginatus Sowerby 1839 cone shell
"Conus proteus" = Conus spurius Gmelin 1791 cone shell
"Conus recognitus" = Conus (Pyruconus) recognitus Guppy 1867 cone shell | |
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Costellaria bullennewtoni Maury 1917 ribbed mitre | |
"Murex messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius, "Murex cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus, "Murex praepauxillus" = Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) praepauxillus
"Murex messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius Sowerby 1841 murex snail
"Murex cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus Guppy 1876 murex snail
"Murex praepauxillus" = Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) praepauxillus Maury 1917 murex snail | |
"Marginella coniformis" = Prunum coniforme
"Marginella coniformis" = Prunum coniforme Sowerby 1850 margin shell | |
"Lyria pulchella" = Lyria (Lyria) pulchella, "Strigatella perturbatrix" = Lyria (Enaeta) perturbatrix
"Lyria pulchella" = Lyria (Lyria) pulchella Sowerby 1850 volute
"Strigatella perturbatrix" = Lyria (Enaeta) perturbatrix Maury 1917 volute | |
"Morum domingense" = Morum (Oniscidia) domingense
"Morum domingense" = Morum (Oniscidia) domingense Sowerby 1850 snail | |
"Trigonostoma gurabis" = Ventrilia gurabis
"Trigonostoma gurabis" = Ventrilia gurabis Maury 1917 snail | |
"Olivella sanctidominici" = Jaspidella sanctidominici
"Olivella sanctidominici" = Jaspidella sanctidominici Maury 1917 olive snail | |
"Fusus henekeni" = Fusinus henekeni, "Latirus fusiformis" = Latirus (Polygona) fusiformis
"Latirus fusiformis" = Latirus (Polygona) fusiformis Gabb 1873 snail | |
"Alectrion gurabaensis" = Nassarius (Alectrion), Alectrion losquemadica
"Alectrion gurabaensis" = Nassarius (Alectrion) snail
Alectrion losquemadica Maury 1917 snail | |
Strombina bassi Maury 1917 snail
Nitidella cibaoica Maury 1917 snail | |
"Phos elegans" = Antillophos elegans, Phos guppyi
"Phos elegans" = Antillophos elegans Guppy 1866 true whelk
Phos guppyi Gabb 1873 true whelk | |
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"Distortrix simillima" = Distorsio simillima
"Distortrix simillima" = Distorsio simillima Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850 snail
Sconsia laevigata Guppy 1850 snail | |
"Bursa bufoniopsis" = Bursa grayana
"Bursa bufoniopsis" = Bursa grayana Dunker 1862 frog shell | |
"Polinices subclausa" = Polinices hepaticus
"Polinices subclausa" = Polinices hepaticus Röding 1798 moon snail | |
"Siliquaria gurabaensis" = Tenagodus
"Siliquaria gurabaensis" = Tenagodus snail | |
Turritella submortoni, "Turritella tornata" = Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira tornata
Turritella submortoni turret shell
"Turritella tornata" = Turritella (Bactrospira) altilira tornata Guppy 1917 turret shell | |
Clava plebeia, Cerithium gurabense, Cerithium uniseriale, Cerithium russelli, Cerithium dominicense, Cerithium microlineatum
Clava plebeia Sowerby 1850 cerith snail
Cerithium gurabense cerith snail
Cerithium uniseriale cerith snail
Cerithium russelli cerith snail
Cerithium dominicense Gabb 1873 cerith snail
Cerithium microlineatum Gabb 1873 cerith snail |