Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.2° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Cercado Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• Radiometric age 7.9 Ma
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Semiquantiative 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 41112: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 07.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Placocyathus variabilis Duncan 1864 stony coral | |
Manicina jungi Budd and Johnson 1999 stony coral
Manicina grandis Duncan 1864 stony coral | |
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata, Trachyphyllia bilobata
Trachyphyllia bilobata Duncan 1863 stony coral |