Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.1° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Mao Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Mao Fm, which overlies the Gurabo Fm. AGE: Early Pliocene-Middle Pliocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); assigned to Early Pliocene at present. THICKNESS: Unknown. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; poorly lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Reposited in the PRI
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTOR: E. Vokes. REPOSITORY: PRI. FIDELITY: Moderate ecological fidelity.
Primary reference: A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 74961: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 08.09.2007, edited by Uta Merkel
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Trochocyathus (Paratrochocyathus) duncani n. sp." = Trochocyathus duncani3
"Trochocyathus (Paratrochocyathus) duncani n. sp." = Trochocyathus duncani3 Cairns and Wells 1987 stony coral | |
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"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata1
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Bivalvia | |
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam
Anadara (Rasia) sp. Gray 1857 ark
Anadara (Diluvarca) cf. prephina Woodring 1925 ark | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
Chama involuta Guppy 1873 jewel box | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Calliostoma grabaui Maury 1917 top snail | |
Potamididae indet. Adams and Adams 1854 horn snail
Potamides sp. Brongniart 1810 horn snail | |
Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) plebeia cerith snail | |
Distorsio simillima Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850 snail | |
Strombina (Strombina) sp. Mörch 1858 snail | |
"Cancellaria (Bivetiella) sp." = Bivetiella
"Cancellaria (Bivetiella) sp." = Bivetiella Wenz 1943 snail | |
Conus consobrinus Sowerby 1850 cone shell | |
Polystira haitensis Sowerby 1850 turrid | |
Poirieria (Flexopteron) collatus murex snail | |
Lyria (Lyria) pulchella Sowerby 1850 volute | |
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell |