NMB Loc. 15826 - Rio Gurabo [Mao Fm]: Early Pliocene, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Foster 1986
Foster 1986
Foster 1986
Porites waylandi Foster 1986
Foster 1986
see common names

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: Early Pliocene
Age range of interval: 5.333 - 3.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Mao
Regional section:Rio Gurabo Regional bed:11
Regional order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: unit G11 (660-710 m), sample ca. 660 m above base
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: slump deposits of reefal carbonates
Environment:perireef or subreef
Geology comments: outer shelf or slope setting
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:93736
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-02-01 05:42:19 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2010-02-01 05:42:19
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:

31838 A. B. Foster. 1986. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 3. The family Poritidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 90:47-123 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]