Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.2° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Cercado Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Cercado Formation, which unconformably overlies the Baitoa Formation, and is overlain by the Gurabo Formation. AGE: Late Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 127 m above base of section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the NMB
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: Unknown. REPOSITORY: NMB (Naturhistoriches Museum Basel).
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 99852: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.11.2010, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Murex (Haustellum) messorius" = Vokesimurex messorius11
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"Prunum maoense" = Marginella maoensis10
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Cancellaria (Cancellaria) guppyi9, "Cancellaria (Bivetiella) epistomifera" = Bivetiella epistomifera9, Aphera islacolonis9, "Cancellaria (Hertleinia) miranda" = Hertleinia miranda9
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Dardanus squamatus n. sp.2
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