NMB Loc. 15840, Rio Gurabo: Zanclean, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Megathyrididae
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Argyrotheca johnsoni
Cooper 1934
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Geography
| Country: | Dominican Republic |
| Coordinates: | 19.5° North, 71.2° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.9° North, 70.2° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Zanclean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.333 - 3.6 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Gurabo | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: unit G8 (360-387 m), Zanclean based on age model in McNeill et al., 2008. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified siltstone |
| Environment: | offshore |
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
| Database number: | 190960 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-12-31 23:39:44 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-12-31 23:39:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 64357. | A. Logan. 1987. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic 6. The phylum Brachiopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 93(328):44-55 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |