Evans - S12, Cercado Fm: Messinian, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montastraeidae
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Montastraea endothecata
Duncan 1863
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Geography
| Country: | Dominican Republic |
| Coordinates: | 19.5° North, 71.3° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.5° North, 70.7° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Messinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Messinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 6.25 to 6.10 Ma (unknown) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cercado |
| Regional order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "reef rocks" |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
| Geology comments: less than 10m | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | peel or thin section,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 3902 | ||
| Database number: | 175593 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-12-17 06:43:09 | Last modified: | 2015-12-17 06:43:09 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2016-03-17 06:43:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 57439. | J. S. Klaus, S. T. Murray, P. K. Swart and D. F. McNeill. 2013. Resource partitioning and paleoecology of Neogene free-living corals as determined from skeletal stable isotope composition. Buletin of marine science 84(4):937-954 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause] |