Also known as Reef 3331
Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.2° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.8° W)
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Cercado Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• Radiometric age 3.6 Ma
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Semiquantitative data reported as: 1 = rare, 2 = common, 3 = abundant, 4 = superabundant
Primary reference: A. F. Budd and K. G. Johnson. 1999. Origination preceding extinction during late Cenozoic turnover of Caribbean reefs. Paleobiology 25(2):188-200 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 41071: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 06.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Anthozoa | |
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Placocyathus variabilis Duncan 1864 stony coral | |
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Porites portoricensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Porites baracoaensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
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Solenastrea bournoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral | |
Caulastrea portoricensis, "Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata
Caulastrea portoricensis Coryell 1929 stony coral | |
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Stylophora minor Duncan 1863 stony coral
Stylophora granulata Duncan 1864 stony coral
Stylophora monticulosa Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925 stony coral | |