Vaughan et al. loc. 8672 - Rio Yaque del Norte (Oligocene to of Haiti)

Also known as D.C.27

Where: Haiti (19.3° N, 70.7° W: paleocoordinates 18.4° N, 69.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Oligocene to Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

• AGE ASSIGNMENT: Middle Oligocene according to Vaughan et al.. I have assigned this an Early to Late Oligocene age, pending more refined biostratigraphic data. STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: no stratigraphic data provided.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, gray, sandy conglomerate

• ENVIRONMENTAL DATA: no environmental data reported.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Conglomerate, presumably much like #8557 (gray conglomerate and sandstone).

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

• COLLECTORS: C.W. Cooke (April 18, 1919). REPOSITORIES: unknown repository, possibly Geological Survey of the Dominican Republic, or the USGS/USNM.

Primary reference: T. W. Vaughan, W. Cooke, D. D. Condit, C. P. Ross, W. P. Woodring and F. C. Calkins. 1921. A geological reconnaissance of the Dominican Republic. Geological Survey of the Dominican Republic Memoir 1 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/O. Alfaro]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 61192: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 30.05.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• IDENTIFIER: presumably Cooke, Vaughan or most likely Woodring. NOMENCLATURE: antiquated, and only to species resolution, probably reflecting quality of material. COVERAGE: probably not exhaustive.
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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae
"Cyathomorpha ? tenuis" = Agathiphyllia tenuis, "Cyathomorpha ? antiguensis" = Agathiphyllia antiguensis
"Cyathomorpha ? tenuis" = Agathiphyllia tenuis Duncan 1863 stony coral
"Cyathomorpha ? antiguensis" = Agathiphyllia antiguensis Duncan 1863 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp.
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten (Plagioctenium) sp." = Argopecten
"Pecten (Plagioctenium) sp." = Argopecten Monterosato 1889 calico scallop