Where: Dominican Republic (19.6° N, 71.0° W: paleocoordinates 19.6° N, 70.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Cercado Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From either the Cercado or Gurabo Fm; placed by enterer in the Cercado Fm on the basis of age. AGE: Late Miocene-Early Pliocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the NMB
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: Unknown. REPOSITORY: NMB (Naturhistoriches Museum Basel).
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 99854: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.11.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Prunum maoense" = Marginella maoensis7
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"Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus9
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Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis8, Trachycardium (Mexicardia) dominicanum8, Trachycardium (Dallocardia) tintinnabularum8, Laevicardium venustulum8
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