USGS 8713 (D.C. 42) El Limon: Late Oligocene, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Agathiphylliidae
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Cyathomorpha tenuis
(Duncan 1863)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montastraeidae
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Orbicella insignis
(Duncan 1867)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Astrocoeniidae
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Goniopora sp.
Blainville 1830
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Geography
| Country: | Dominican Republic |
| Coordinates: | 19.6° North, 70.8° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 21.0° North, 65.2° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Late Oligocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 27.3 - 23.04 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tabera |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 124743 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-02-23 00:16:42 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2013-02-23 00:16:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25443. | T. W. Vaughan, W. Cooke, D. D. Condit, C. P. Ross, W. P. Woodring and F. C. Calkins. 1921. A geological reconnaissance of the Dominican Republic. Geological Survey of the Dominican Republic Memoir 1:1-268 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/U. Merkel] |