Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.3° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Cercado Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Cercado Formation, which unconformably overlies the Baitoa Formation, and is overlain by the Gurabo Formation. AGE: Late Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 233 m above base of section.
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the NMB
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland (NMB).
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 131387: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.07.2012, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Cerithiidae indet.6, "Ochetoclava terpna" = Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava)6, Cerithium sp.6, Cerithium venustum6
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"Prunum maoense" = Marginella maoensis10
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Neverita (Hypterita) sp.6, Polinices sp.6, Tectonatica sp.6, Stigmaulax sp.6, Stigmaulax gurabensis6, Natica sp.6
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Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis11, Trachycardium (Phlogocardium) lingualeonis11, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) tintinnabularum11
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis11 Sowerby 1850 cockle SUBSPECIES: Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis sambaica
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