Gabb collection (Miocene of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.3° N, 70.7° W: paleocoordinates 19.2° N, 69.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. W. Vaughan and J. E. Hoffmeister. 1925. New species of fossil corals from the Dominican Republic. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 67(8):315-326 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124719: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.02.2012

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Antillia dominicensis n. sp. Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
"Thysanus crassicostatus n. sp." = Hadrophyllia saundersi, Favia dominicensis n. sp.
"Thysanus crassicostatus n. sp." = Hadrophyllia saundersi Budd and Johnson 1999 stony coral
Favia dominicensis n. sp. Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
"? Smilotrochus dominicensis n. sp." = Platytrochus dominicensis, Asterosmilia compressa n. sp., Asterosmilia duncani n. sp.
"? Smilotrochus dominicensis n. sp." = Platytrochus dominicensis Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925 stony coral
Asterosmilia compressa n. sp. Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925 stony coral
Asterosmilia duncani n. sp. Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925 stony coral