NMB Loc. 16908 - Rio Mao [Cercado Fm] (Miocene to of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.1° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 70.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cercado Formation, Late/Upper Miocene to Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 3.6 Ma)

• Cercado or Gurabo Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

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 94142: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.02.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral