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)
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