NMB Loc. 16877- Rio Cana [Mao Fm] (Pliocene of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.6° N, 71.3° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mao Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• unit C9 (730-760 m), sample 730 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: A. F. Budd and K. G. Johnson. 1999. Neogene Paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic 19: The family Faviidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) part II: The genera Caulastraea, Favia, Diploria, Thysanus, Hadrophyllia, Manicina and Colpophyllia. Bulletins of American Paleontology 356:1-83 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94095: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.02.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Diploria zambensis Budd and Johnson 1999 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Montastrea canalis" = Montastraea endothecata
"Montastrea canalis" = Montastraea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral