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

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