Cevicos Formation (Oligocene of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.0° N, 70.7° W: paleocoordinates 18.2° N, 69.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cevicos Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Cevicos Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Late Oligocene-Early Miocene, in text; assigned by enterer to Late Oligocene to avoid stratigraphic orphaning. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• ENVIRONMENT: Appearing to be shallow marine siliciclastic environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Unknown

Primary reference: H. E. Vokes and E. H. Vokes. 1968. Variation in the genus Orthaulax (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 6(2):71-84 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92451: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.11.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: General list for Cervicos Fm, but limited to taxa described in taxonomic publications. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-level nomenclature, and modern nomenclature.
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Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Thersiteidae
Orthaulax aguadillensis
Orthaulax aguadillensis Maury 1920 snail