Where: Dominican Republic (19.4° N, 70.7° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 70.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gurabo Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Gurabo Formation?. AGE: direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siliciclastic sediments

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 84998: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.11.2008, edited by Austin Hendy

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