Río_Gurabo_Formation

Río Gurabo Formation

Río Gurabo Formation

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The Río Gurabo Formation is a geologic formation in the northwestern Dominican Republic. The reefal limestone preserves bivalve, gastropod and coral fossils dating back to the Messinian to Zanclean period.[1][2]

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References

  1. [1]
    Río Gurabo Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. [2]
    Gurabo Formation at Fossilworks.org

Further reading

  • J. S. Klaus, S. T. Murray, P. K. Swart and D. F. McNeill. 2013. Resource partitioning and paleoecology of Neogene free-living corals as determined from skeletal stable isotope composition. Bulletin of marine science 84(4):937-954
  • 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
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