NMB Loc. 16908 - Rio Mao [Cercado Fm]: Late Miocene - Early Pliocene, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montastraeidae
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Montastrea cavernosa
(Linne 1767)
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Budd 1991 | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Dominican Republic |
Coordinates: | 19.5° North, 71.1° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 19.4° North, 70.3° West |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
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: | Cercado | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Cercado or Gurabo Formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified siltstone |
Secondary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
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: | 94142 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2010-02-10 01:44:09 | Last modified: | 2012-07-27 14:45:10 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-02-10 01:44:09 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
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] |