NMB Loc. 16859 - Rio Cana [Gurabo Fm]: Late Miocene - Early Pliocene, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Manicina grandis (Duncan 1864)
Budd and Johnson 1999
Budd and Johnson 1999
Budd and Johnson 1999
Budd and Johnson 1999
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.5° North, 71.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.3° North, 69.3° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene - Pliocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Miocene - Early Pliocene
Age range of interval: 11.63 - 3.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gurabo
Regional section:Rio Cana Regional bed:5
Regional order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: unit C5 (330-375 m), sample ca. 360 m above base
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: deeper, more turbid reef habitats
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:84985
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-11-19 05:42:14 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-11-19 05:42:14
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
25313. 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]

Secondary references:

28516 A. F. Budd and K. G. Johnson. 1999. Neogene Paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic 19: The family Faviidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) part II: The genera Caulastraea, Favia, Diploria, Thysanus, Hadrophyllia, Manicina and Colpophyllia. Bulletins of American Paleontology 356:1-83 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]