Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.2° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Cercado Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• Radiometric age 6.6 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 41113: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 07.07.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Manicina grandis Duncan 1864 stony coral
Manicina jungi Budd and Johnson 1999 stony coral | |
Trachyphyllia bilobata Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
Placocyathus alveolus Duncan 1863 stony coral
Placocyathus variabilis Duncan 1864 stony coral |