Tabera Formation: Late Oligocene, Dominican Republic
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Potamides suprasulcatus
(Gabb 1873)
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Woodring 1959 | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Dominican Republic |
| Coordinates: | 19.4° North, 70.7° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 20.7° North, 65.1° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Late Oligocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 27.3 - 23.04 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tabera | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Tabera Formation, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not reported. AGE: Late Oligocene in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: List representative of formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified not reported |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Unknown. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow carbonate setting. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Unknown | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: General list for the Tabera Formation, but limited to taxa described in taxonomic publications. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-level nomenclature, and modern nomenclature. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 93696 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-01-28 10:08:50 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-01-28 10:08:50 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13359. | W. P. Woodring. 1982. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(F) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 11372 | W. P. Woodring. 1959. Geology and paleontology of Canal Zone and adjoining parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Vermetidae to Thaididae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(B):147-239 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |