Where: Dominican Republic (18.9° N, 71.6° W: paleocoordinates 18.9° N, 71.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Gurabo Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Gurabo Formation, which unconformably overlies the Cercado Formation, and is unconformably overlain by the Mao Formation. AGE: Late Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); late Miocene according to Jung (1994, p. 260); direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 320 m above base of the section, and near the base of the Gurabo Fm.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: USNM.
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 90593: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.08.2009, edited by Uta Merkel
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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