NMB Loc. 16872 - Río Cano [Mao Fm] (Pliocene of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.6° N, 71.3° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mao Adentro Member (Mao Formation), Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• unit C9 (730-760 m)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• slump deposits of reefal carbonates

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 84987: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.11.2008, edited by Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Manicina grandis1 Duncan 1864 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Aphera islacolonis3 Maury 1917 snail
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Neritina figulopicta2 Maury 1917 snail