Río Gurabo Formation Explained

Río Gurabo Formation
Type:	Formation
Age:	Messinian-Zanclean
Period:	Zanclean
Prilithology:	Limestone
Coordinates:	19.5°N -71.2°W
Paleocoordinates:	19.5°N -70.4°W

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]}

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Dominican Republic

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

Notes and References

1. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Rio%20Gurabo&group_formation_member=Rio%20Gurabo Río Gurabo Formation
2. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Gurabo&group_formation_member=Gurabo Gurabo Formation