Where: Dominican Republic (19.5° N, 71.3° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 70.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cercado Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Cercado Formation, which unconformably overlies the Baitoa Formation, and is overlain by the Gurabo Formation. AGE: Late Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); likely to be Messinian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From zone I in section; also stated in text to be base of Gurabo Fm?

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Maury; reposited in the NMB

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: C.J. Maury (donated by J.W. Wells, 1974). 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 131385: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.07.2012

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