Rio Camaron (Miocene of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (18.8° N, 69.7° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 20.0° N, 66.2° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Yanigua Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• The rock section belongs to the top lower to basal middle Miocene Yanigua Formation, near the contact with the overlying Haitises Limestone.

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; gray, sandy, calcareous claystone

• gray, sandy clays with calcareous cement, associated with abundant marine inertebrates

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: mechanical,

• MNHNCu-P (National Museum of Natural History, paleontological collection, Havana, Cuba) is the repository

Primary reference: C. E. Schweitzer, M. Iturralde-Vinent, J. L. Hetler and J. Velez-Juarbe. 2006. Oligocene and Miocene decapods (Thalassinidea and Brachyura) from the Caribbean. Annals of Carnegie Museum 75(2):111-136 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 65595: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Carrie Schweitzer on 22.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Callichiridae
? Neocallichirus quisquellanus n. sp.
? Neocallichirus quisquellanus n. sp. Schweitzer et al. 2006 decapod
 Decapoda - Portunidae
Portunus sp.
Portunus sp. Weber 1795 swimming crab