Site 8684 (D. C. 4) Samana: Tertiary, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Bucida sanchezensis n. sp. leaf
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Angiospermae
- Sapindales
- Sapindaceae
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Sapindus hispaniolana n. sp. leaf
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Angiospermae
- Fabales
- Fabaceae
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Inga sanchezensis n. sp. leaf
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Angiospermae
- Rosales
- Mimosaceae
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Pithecolobium samanensis n. sp. leaf
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Angiospermae
- Gentianales
- Rubiaceae
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Guettardia cookei n. sp. leaf
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= Guettarda cookei n. sp.
Berry 1921
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Angiospermae
- Caryophyllales
- Nyctaginaceae
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Pisonia conditi n. sp. leaf
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Angiospermae
- Poales
- Poaceae
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Poacites sp. leaf
Brongniart 1822
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Angiospermae
- Myrtales
- Melastomataceae
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Melastomites domingensis n. sp. leaf
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Angiospermae
- Ericales
- Sapotaceae
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Bumelia reclinatafolia n. sp. leaf
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Geography
| Country: | Dominican Republic | State/province: | Samana |
| Coordinates: | 19.0° North, 69.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.8° North, 68.4° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1-6 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Tertiary - Late/Upper Tertiary |
| Key time interval: | Tertiary |
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | yellow sandy "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 31231 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Kowalski, W. Kiessling | Enterer: | E. Kowalski, W. Kiessling |
| Modifier: | E. Kowalski | Research group: | paleobotany |
| Created: | 2003-04-24 17:22:09 | Last modified: | 2003-04-24 20:22:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-04-24 17:22:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 8414. | E. W. Berry. 1921. Tertiary fossil plants from the Dominican Republic. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 59(2363):117-127 [E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski/E. Kowalski] |
Secondary references:
| 30388 | W. Kiessling. 2009. Taxonomic vetting of messy data in the Paleobiology Database. [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |