USGS 8560 Dajabon (Pliocene of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.7° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 71.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• Pliocene or Pleistocene

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; 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 124778: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.02.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Orbicella cavernosa" = Montastrea cavernosa
"Orbicella cavernosa" = Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stephanocoenia intersepta Esper 1795 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
"Maeandra labyrinthiformis" = Diploria labyrinthiformis
"Maeandra labyrinthiformis" = Diploria labyrinthiformis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral