NMB Loc. 16911 - Rio Mao [Gurabo Fm] (Miocene to of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.1° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 70.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gurabo Formation, Late/Upper Miocene to Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 3.6 Ma)

• Gurabo Formation?

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone and lithified siliciclastic

• deeper (more than 10-20 m), more turbid reef habitats

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 93721: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.01.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea endothecata1 Duncan 1863 stony coral
Montastrea cavernosa1 Linne 1767 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Solenastrea bournoni1 Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata1
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata1 Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites macdonaldi2 Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Porites baracoaensis2 Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Porites portoricensis2 Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Goniopora imperatoris2 Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stephanocoenia duncani3 Foster 1987 stony coral