Also known as Reef 786
Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.2° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.6° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Cercado Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
• Pocillopora, embedded in bioclastic silty marl, form a 5-m-thick and 100-m-long buildup, which interfingers with an in-situ coral thicket
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. Reuter, T. C. Brachert, A. Böcker and J. S. Klaus. 2011. An unusual Pocillopora reef from the Late Miocene of Hispaniola. Coral Reefs [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 106177: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.03.2011, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Gastropoda |
| Neogastropoda - Conidae |
Conidae sp., " Conus symmetricus" = Purpuriconus symmetricus, Conasprella (Ximeniconus) ageri, Conasprella (Ximeniconus) cercadensis, Conus (? Atlanticonus) franklinae, Conus (? Atlanticonus) olssoni, Conus (? Lautoconus) carlottae, Conus (? Spuriconus) lombardii, Conus (Spuriconus) humerosus, Conus lyelli, Conus (Stephanoconus) bellacoensis, Conus (Stephanoconus) sewalli, Conus (Stephanoconus) gouldi, Conus (Dauciconus) garrisoni, Conus (Ductoconus) cashi, ? Profundiconus hennigi
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| Anthozoa |
| Scleractinia - Agariciidae |
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| Scleractinia - Poritidae |
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| Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae |
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