Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.2° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Gurabo Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Gurabo Formation, which unconformably overlies the Cercado Formation, and is unconformably overlain by the Mao Formation. AGE: Late Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); late Miocene according to Jung (1994, p. 260); direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: unit G5 (210-250 m), sample ca. 230 m above base.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified siliciclastic sediments and lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: J. B. Saunders, P. Jung, and B. Biju-Duval. 1986. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic: 1. Field Surveys, Lithology, Environment, and Age. Bulletins of American Paleontology 89(323):1-79 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 84952: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.11.2008, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Ochetoclava sp." = Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava)4
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"Tritiaria (Antillophos) sp." = Antillophos4
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"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius7, "Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornurectus" = Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus7, Murex (Haustellum) pennae7
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