Where: Dominican Republic (19.3° N, 70.7° W: paleocoordinates 18.6° N, 69.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Tabera Group, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siltstone and lithified conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: A. F. Budd and K. G. Johnson. 1999. Neogene Paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic 19: The family Faviidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia) part II: The genera Caulastraea, Favia, Diploria, Thysanus, Hadrophyllia, Manicina and Colpophyllia. Bulletins of American Paleontology 356:1-83 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 84991: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.11.2008, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Lindapecten baitoaensis scallop | |
Anthozoa | |
Favia dominicensis Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925 stony coral |