Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.2° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Gurabo Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• AGE: earliest Zanclean in age model of McNeill et al., 2008. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: unit G6: 250-290 m above base.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone and lithified siliciclastic
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 94090: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.02.2010, edited by Austin Hendy and Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda | |
"Siliquaria gurabensis" = Tenagodus4
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Rhynchonellata | |
Argyrotheca johnsoni5 Cooper 1934 | |
Anthozoa | |
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"Montastrea limbata" = Orbicella limbata1
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