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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis2 Sowerby 1850 cockle SUBSPECIES: Trigoniocardia (Trigoniocardia) haitensis sambaica
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Gastropoda | |
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Anthozoa | |
Montastrea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata
"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata Duncan 1863 stony coral |