Where: Dominican Republic (19.6° N, 71.1° W: paleocoordinates 19.6° N, 70.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Gurabo Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Gurabo Fm, which overlies the Cercado Fm, and is overlain by the Mao Fm (Pliocene). AGE: Late Miocene-Early Pliocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); assigned to Late Miocene at present; Late Miocene according to Freiheit & Geary (2009). THICKNESS: Unknown. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Collected by Vokes; reposited in the PRI
• COLLECTOR: E. Vokes. REPOSITORY: PRI.
Primary reference: J. R. Freiheit and D. H. Geary. 2009. Neogene Paleontology of the Northern Dominican Republic. 23. Strombid Gastropods (Genera Strombus and Lobatus; Mollusca: Gastropoda: Strombidae) of the Cibao Valley. Bulletins of American Paleontology 376:1-54 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 89564: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 02.06.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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