Also known as PJ# 1699

Where: Dominican Republic (19.3° N, 70.7° W: paleocoordinates 19.2° N, 69.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Baitoa Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Baitoa Formation, which unconformably underlies the Cercado Formation. AGE: Early Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); direct age extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 9 m above base of section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; pebbly siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the NMB

Collection methods: bulk, 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 131527: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.07.2012

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