Where: Dominican Republic (18.5° N, 71.1° W: paleocoordinates 18.3° N, 69.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Baitoa Formation, Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 13.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Baitoa Fm, which unconformably underlies the Cercardo, and overlies unconformably the Tabera Fm. AGE: Early Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986) emended to Burdigalian-Langhian by enterer on the basis of stratigraphic position.. THICKNESS: Unknown. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Reposited in the PRI
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTOR: E. Vokes. REPOSITORY: PRI. FIDELITY: Moderate ecological fidelity.
Primary reference: A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 74963: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.09.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Trochidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 top snail | |
Pachycrommium guppyi Gabb 1873 snail | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Cerithiidae indet. Fleming 1822 cerith snail | |
Latirus (Latirus) sp. Montfort 1810 snail | |
Turbinella praetextilis Vokes 1998 snail | |
"Cancellaria (Pyruclia) sp." = Pyruclia
"Cancellaria (Pyruclia) sp." = Pyruclia Olsson 1932 snail | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Muracypraea henekeni Sowerby 1850 cowry | |
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail | |
Atys sp. Montfort 1810 snail | |
Bulla sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Carditamera sp. Conrad 1838 clam | |
Anodontia (Pegophysema) sp. Stewart 1930 clam
Linga sp. de Gregorio 1885 clam | |
"Bothrocorbula (Hexacorbula) sp." = Hexacorbula
"Bothrocorbula (Hexacorbula) sp." = Hexacorbula Olsson 1932 clam | |
Chione sp. von Mühlfield 1811 venus clam
Costacallista sp. Palmer 1926 venus clam | |
Laevicardium sp. Swainson 1840 cockle
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) sp. Dall 1900 cockle | |
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
Anadara (Cunearca) sp. Dall 1898 ark
Anadara (Rasia) sp. Gray 1857 ark
Barbatia (Barbatia) sp. Gray 1842 clam | |
Atrina sp. Gray 1842 oyster | |
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop
Euvola sp. Dall 1898 scallop
"Chlamys" sp. Röding 1798 scallop |