NMB Loc. 17279 - Rio Yaque del Norte [Baitoa Fm] (Miocene to of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.3° N, 70.7° W: paleocoordinates 19.2° N, 69.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Baitoa Formation, Early/Lower Miocene to Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• 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 84993: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.11.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Solenastrea bournoni1 Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea cavernosa1 Linne 1767 stony coral
"Montastrea canalis" = Montastraea endothecata1 Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites portoricensis2 Vaughan 1919 stony coral