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 | |
"Orbicella cavernosa" = Montastrea cavernosa
"Orbicella cavernosa" = Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral | |
Stephanocoenia intersepta Esper 1795 stony coral | |
"Maeandra labyrinthiformis" = Diploria labyrinthiformis
"Maeandra labyrinthiformis" = Diploria labyrinthiformis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral | |
Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral |