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TU 1443, La Vega Province, Dominican Republic
| Lat/Long (Decimal) | 19.125,-70.6458 |
|---|---|
| Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
| Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | La Vega Province, Dominican Republic |
Collections
| Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TU 1443, Río Yaque del Norte, Lopez, just upstream from mouth of Arroyo Lopez | Dolin L. (1991) | Baitoa | STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Baitoa Fm, which unconformably underlies the Cercardo, and overlies unconformably the Tabera Fm. AGE: Early Miocene, based on Table 1 of Saunders et al. (1986); emended to Burdigalian by enterer on the basis of stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: See text-figure 24 of Saunders et al. (1986). | "siliciclastic" | 20.44 - 15.97 Ma Miocene |
Recorded Fossils
| Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
|---|---|---|
 Loxacypraea chilonaspecies | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cypraeidae : Loxacypraea : Loxacypraea chilona | 20.44 - 15.97 Ma Miocene |
References
| Dolin L. (1991) Cypraeoidea and Lamellarioidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda), from the Chipola Formation (late early Miocene) of northwestern Florida, Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 24 1-2, 1-60 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
