Also known as Reef 3902

Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.3° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cercado Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; reef rocks

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: J. S. Klaus, S. T. Murray, P. K. Swart and D. F. McNeill. 2013. Resource partitioning and paleoecology of Neogene free-living corals as determined from skeletal stable isotope composition. Buletin of marine science 84(4):937-954 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 175593: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 17.12.2015

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