NMB Loc. 16884, Rio Cana (Pliocene of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.6° N, 71.3° W: paleocoordinates 19.6° N, 70.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mao Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• unit C11 (960-1010 m), sample ca. 980 m above base

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• slump deposits of reefal carbonates

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 93792: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.02.2010, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Tichosina lecta5 Guppy 1866
 Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Argyrotheca johnsoni5 Cooper 1934
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata1
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata1 Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia maoadentrensis n. sp.2 Budd and Johnson 1999 stony coral
Solenastrea bournoni1 Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Hadrophyllia saundersi2 Budd and Johnson 1999 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Manicina pliocenica2 Gane 1895 stony coral
Diploria zambensis2 Budd and Johnson 1999 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites baracoaensis3 Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Porites portoricensis3 Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stephanocoenia spongiformis4 Duncan 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea trinitatis1 Vaughan 1926 stony coral
Montastrea cylindrica1 Duncan 1863 stony coral
Montastrea cavernosa1 Linne 1767 stony coral