Where: Dominican Republic (19.6° N, 70.8° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 69.6° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 13.8 Ma)
• Age controversial, with the youngest proposed age of 20-15 mya based on foraminifera and the oldest as 45-30 mya based on coccoliths. Most of the amber is secondarily deposited in turbiditic sandstones.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; amber
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: soft parts, original chitin, amber
Reposited in the OSU
Primary reference: M. Heethoff, L. Helfen, and R. A. Norton. 2009. Description of Neoliodes dominicus n. sp. (Acari, Oribatida) from Dominican amber, aided by synchrotron x-ray microtomography. Journal of Paleontology 83:153-159 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 163777: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.11.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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