Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.3° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Cercado Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• AGE: direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: unit C3 (225-280 m); late Miocene according to Jung (1994, p. 259).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; 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 94099: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.02.2010, edited by Austin Hendy and Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Prunum maoense" = Marginella maoensis9
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"Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus11, "Murex (Haustellum) adelosus" = Siratus adelosus11
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Argopecten eccentricus12, Euvola soror12, Antillipecten quemadosensis n. sp.12, Lindapecten plurinominis12, Amusium papyraceum12
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Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis10, Trachycardium (Phlogocardium) lingualeonis10, "Laevicardium laevigatum" = Laevicardium serratum10, Laevicardium venustulum10
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