Also known as PJ# 1574
Where: Dominican Republic (18.9° N, 71.6° W: paleocoordinates 18.9° N, 71.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Gurabo Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Gurabo Fm, which overlies the Cercado Fm, and is overlain by the Mao Fm (Pliocene). AGE: Late Miocene-Early Pliocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); at present; direct date extrapolated from Cheethan et al. (1999). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 306 m above base of the section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; burrowed siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the NMB
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ),
• 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 131674: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.07.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Prunum maoense" = Marginella maoensis5
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