NMB Loc. 16874 - Rio Cana [Mao Fm]: Early Pliocene, Dominican Republic

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Foster 1987
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Budd 1991
see common names

Geography
Country:Dominican Republic
Coordinates: 19.6° North, 71.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.9° North, 70.3° 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 Cana Regional bed:9
Regional order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: unit C9 (730-760 m)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: slump deposits of reefal carbonates
Environment:perireef or subreef
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:93999
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-02-08 04:02:50 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2010-02-08 04:02:50
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:

31893 A. F. Budd. 1991. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 11. The family Faviidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia), part 1. The genera Montastrea and Solenastrea. Bulletins of American Paleontology 101:5-83 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
31880 A. B. Foster. 1987. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 4. The genus Stephanocoenia (Anthozoa, Scleractinia, Astrocoeniidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology 93:5-22 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]