USGS 8741 Rio Yaque del Norte (Oligocene of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.3° N, 70.7° W: paleocoordinates 18.5° N, 69.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tabera Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. W. Vaughan, W. Cooke, D. D. Condit, C. P. Ross, W. P. Woodring and F. C. Calkins. 1921. A geological reconnaissance of the Dominican Republic. Geological Survey of the Dominican Republic Memoir 1:1-268 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124747: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.02.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Astrocoenia sp.
Astrocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
? Actinacis sp.
? Actinacis sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Psammocora sp.
Psammocora sp. Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae
"Cyathomorpha cf. hilli" = Agathiphyllia hilli
"Cyathomorpha cf. hilli" = Agathiphyllia hilli Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Antiguastrea cellulosa
Antiguastrea cellulosa Duncan 1863 stony coral