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

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