329 Neogene paleontolgy in the northern Dominican Republic 7 Geology

329 Neogene paleontolgy in the northern Dominican Republic 7 GeologyNeogene paleontolgy in the northern Dominican Republic: 7. The subclass Ostracoda BAP #329 One hundred and forty five species are reported from the Cercado, Gurabo and Mao formations of the Rio Gurabo, and Rio Cana sections on the south flank of the Cibao Valley, northern Dominican Republic. Twenty one species are new. The uppermost Cercado Formation and the Gurabo and Mao formations belong to the Radimella confragosa Zone (upper Miocene Pliocene).

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Cancellana (Pyructia

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and cladids (2 genera

giving way to a sublittoral shelf environment and warm water temperatures at peak transgression during deposition of the upper part of the Norfolk Member

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Clio cuspidata (Bosc

For over 400 million years

comprising those gastropods of the family Nassariidae not assignable to the subfamilies Nassariinae or Cylleninae

while a color illustration shows the fossil as a living plant or animal

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