TU 1405 Arroyo Babosico [Gurabo Fm] (Miocene to of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.4° N, 70.7° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 70.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gurabo Formation, Messinian to Messinian (7.2 - 3.6 Ma)

• Gurabo Formation?

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. F. Budd. 1991. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 11. The family Faviidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia), part 1. The genera Montastrea and Solenastrea. Bulletins of American Paleontology 101:5-83 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94086: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.02.2010, edited by Austin Hendy

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis2 Sowerby 1850 cockle
SUBSPECIES: Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis sambaica
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Euvola soror3 Gabb 1873 scallop
Argopecten thetidis3 Sowerby 1850 calico scallop
Argopecten eccentricus3 Gabb 1873 calico scallop
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Aphera islacolonis1 Maury 1917 snail
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata Duncan 1863 stony coral