Also known as Reef 786

Where: Dominican Republic (19.7° N, 71.4° W: paleocoordinates 19.6° N, 70.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cercado Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• 7.5 to 8.3 Ma. Late Miocene

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical, peel or thin section,

• Abundance data refer to mean percentage occurrence overa all samples within facies. Measured by line transects but indicated as % area in lists

Primary reference: J. S. Klaus and A. F. Budd. 2003. Comparison of Caribbean coral reef communities before and after Plio-Pleistocene faunal turnover: Analyses of two Dominican Republic reef sequences. Palaios 18(1):3-21 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34515: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 04.09.2003

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