Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.2° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 20.3° N, 68.9° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Cercado Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• AGE: direct date extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999) and Saunders et al. (1986). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: unit G2 (140-150 m), uppermost Cercado or lower Gurabo Formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone and lithified siliciclastic
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 94093: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.02.2010, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Antillopecten microlineatus n. sp.4
Antillopecten microlineatus n. sp.4 | |
Anthozoa | |
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata2
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Bivalvia | |
Mimachlamys blowi n. sp.4
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Gastropoda | |
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