NMB Loc. 17277 - Rio Yaque del Norte [Baitoa Fm] (Miocene to of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.3° N, 70.7° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 20.6° N, 66.7° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Baitoa Formation, Early/Lower Miocene to Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone and lithified siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94084: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.02.2010, edited by Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata1
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata1 Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea trinitatis1 Vaughan 1926 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites waylandi2 Foster 1986 stony coral
Porites portoricensis2 Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Interchlamys jacobiana3 Cooke 1919 scallop