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 | |
Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral |