Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 70.8° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Gurabo Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• AGE: Gurabo or Baitoa Formation? in original text; direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. D. Cairns and J. W. Wells. 1987. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 5. The suborders Caryophylliina and Dendrophylliina (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 93(328):23-43 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 93642: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.01.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Anthozoa | |
Deltocyathus italicus, Placocyathus sp., Placocyathus variabilis, Placocyathus barretti, Antillocyathus alatus, Asterosmilia sp.
Deltocyathus italicus Michelotti 1838 stony coral
Placocyathus sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Placocyathus variabilis Duncan 1864 stony coral
Placocyathus barretti Duncan 1863 stony coral
Antillocyathus alatus Cairns and Wells 1987 stony coral
Asterosmilia sp. Duncan 1867 stony coral | |
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Stylophora granulata Duncan 1864 stony coral | |
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Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
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Agaricia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
Agaricia dominicensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
Syzygophyllia dentata, "Teleiophyllia sp." = Manicina
Syzygophyllia dentata stony coral
"Teleiophyllia sp." = Manicina Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral | |