Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.2° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 70.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Cercado Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Cercado Fm, which unconformably overlie Baitoa, and is overlain by the Gurabo Fm. AGE: Late Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986). THICKNESS: Formation is 150 m thick in this section. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Reposited in the PRI
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: E. Vokes. REPOSITORY: Paleontological Research Institution (PRI).
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: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 131475: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.07.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Laevicardium venustulum2, "Laevicardium laevigatum" = Laevicardium serratum2, Trachycardium (Trachycardium) flexicostatum2, Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis2
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Gastropoda | |
Neritina figulopicta Maury 1917 snail | |
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