NMB Loc. 16805 - Rio Amina [Gurabo Fm] (Miocene to of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.0° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 70.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gurabo Formation, Messinian to Messinian (7.2 - 3.6 Ma)

• AGE: Unknown age, so therefore placed in Messinian-Zanclean by enterer.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

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 85000: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.11.2008, edited by Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Manicina grandis1 Duncan 1864 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus bostrychites2 Guppy 1867 scallop
Argopecten thetidis3 Sowerby 1850 calico scallop