Where: Dominican Republic (19.9° N, 71.6° W: paleocoordinates 19.9° N, 71.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gurabo Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• The section starts at sea level with claystone and continues for close to 700 ft with alternating claystone, limestones and uncommon sands. At 675-825 ft the section is capped by a limestone, from whence collections were derived. From unknown formation (Possibly Cercado, Gurabo or Mao) at the time of writing. Faunal similarities suggest that this unit is correlated with strata more recently assigned to the Gurabo Fm.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, white, yellow limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Reposited in the PRI

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Collections reposited at Cornell University and now reside at PRI.

Primary reference: C. J. Maury. 1917. Santo Domingo type sections and fossils. Bulletins of American Paleontology 5(30):1-43 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 58872: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.02.2006

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