NMB Loc. 16858 - Río Gurabo [Gurabo Fm] (Miocene of Dominican Republic)

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

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified based on figured specimes.

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)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in taxonomic monograph. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identification.
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Manicina grandis1 Duncan 1864 stony coral
Manicina puntagordensis1 Weisbord 1968 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Argopecten eccentricus3 Gabb 1873 calico scallop
Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Clypeaster caudatus2 Jackson 1922 sand dollar