NMB Loc. 17283 - Río Yaque del Norte [Baitoa Fm] (Miocene of Dominican Republic)

Where: Dominican Republic (19.3° N, 70.7° W: paleocoordinates 19.2° N, 69.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Baitoa Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• AGE: direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

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 94143: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.02.2010, edited by Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Solenastrea bournoni2 Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea trinitatis2 Vaughan 1926 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora hilli4 Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Mellitidae
Mellita sp.7 Agassiz 1841 sand dollar
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Cymia henekeni" = Cymia (Cymia) henekeni10, "Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius10
"Cymia henekeni" = Cymia (Cymia) henekeni10 Maury 1917 murex snail
"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius10 Sowerby 1841 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Prunum latissimum8 Dall 1896 margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
"Vasum haitense" = Vasum haitensis11, Turbinella valida11
"Vasum haitense" = Vasum haitensis11 Sowerby 1850 snail
Turbinella valida11 Sowerby 1850 snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus bifrons5 Sowerby 1850 conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Malea elliptica1 Pilsbry and Johnston 1917 tun shell
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Neritina figulopicta3 Maury 1917 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae