Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.2° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Gurabo Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• AGE: direct date extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999) and Saunders et al. (1986). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: unit G6 (250-290 m).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified sandstone and lithified limestone
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 94000: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.02.2010, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata2
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Cerithiidae indet.7, "Ochetoclava terpna" = Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava)7, Cerithium sp.7, Cerithium microlineatum7, Cerithium dominicense7, Cerithium obesum7
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Spinidrupa demissa11, "Pterynotus (Purpurellus) mirificus" = Purpurellus11, Dermomurex (Trialatella) pterynoides11, "Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus11, "Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius11
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"Tritiaria (Antillophos) sp." = Antillophos7
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Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis10 Sowerby 1850 cockle SUBSPECIES: Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis cercadica
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