Tabera Formation (Oligocene of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.4° N, 70.7° W: paleocoordinates 18.6° N, 69.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• basin-level geographic resolution

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

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Tabera Formation, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not reported. AGE: Late Oligocene in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: List representative of formation

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow carbonate setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Unknown

Primary reference: W. P. Woodring. 1982. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(F) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 93696: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.01.2010

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: General list for the Tabera Formation, but limited to taxa described in taxonomic publications. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-level nomenclature, and modern nomenclature.
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Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Potamides suprasulcatus
Potamides suprasulcatus Gabb 1873 horn snail