NMB Loc. 16944 - Rio Yaque del Norte [Baitoa Fm] (Miocene to of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.3° N, 70.7° W: paleocoordinates 19.2° N, 69.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Baitoa Formation, Early/Lower Miocene to Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: A. B. Foster. 1986. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 3. The family Poritidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 90:47-123 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94011: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.02.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora hilli, Goniopora imperatoris
Goniopora hilli Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Goniopora imperatoris Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Solenastrea bournoni
Solenastrea bournoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea trinitatis, Montastrea cavernosa, "Montastrea canalis" = Montastraea endothecata
Montastrea trinitatis Vaughan 1926 stony coral
Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral
"Montastrea canalis" = Montastraea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral