NMB Loc. 15887 - Rio Gurabo [Gurabo Fm] (Miocene of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.2° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 70.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gurabo Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• AGE: direct date extrapolated from Cheetham et al. (1999) and Saunders et al. (1986). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: unit G3 (150-185 m).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone and lithified limestone

• moderate to deep water depth 10-30 m
• soft bottom communities of reef-associated grass flats

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 94136: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.02.2010, edited by Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Malea camura1 Guppy 1866 tun shell
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Anodontia sp.5 Link 1807 clam
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites waylandi4 Foster 1986 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Solenastrea bournoni2 Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Manicina grandis3 Duncan 1864 stony coral