Where: Dominican Republic (19.6° N, 71.2° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 19.9° N, 70.4° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mao Formation, Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From Mao Formation, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Early Pliocene in Saunders (1986); middle-late Pliocene in Jung (1989); direct date from Cheetham et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 892 m above base of section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the NMB

• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland (NMB).

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 93612: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 26.01.2010, edited by Austin Hendy and Mihaela Krause

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