El Mamey Formation
| El Mamey Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Burdigalian-Langhian | |
| Type | Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Shale, sandstone, conglomerate |
| Other | Dominican amber |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 19°30′N 70°42′W / 19.5°N 70.7°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 19°18′N 69°30′W / 19.3°N 69.5°W |
| Country |  Dominican Republic |
  El Mamey Formation (the Dominican Republic) | |
The El Mamey Formation is a geologic formation in the Dominican Republic. The formation consists of shales and sandstones interspersed with a conglomerate of well-rounded pebbles, deposited in a fluvio-deltaic environment. El Mamey Formation is one of the formations containing Dominican amber and preserves fossils dating back to the Burdigalian to Langhian period.[1]
Fossil content[edit]
- Palaeoraphe dominicana
- Roystonea palaea
- Sphaerodactylus ciguapa, S. dommeli
- Trithrinax dominicana
- Eleutherodactylus sp.
- Chilopoda indet.
- Diptera indet.
See also[edit]
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Dominican Republic
- La Toca Formation
- Baitoa Formation
- Cercado Formation
References[edit]
- ^ El Mamey Formation at Fossilworks.org
Further reading[edit]
- G. O. Poinar, Jr. and D. C. Canatella. 1987. An upper Eocene frog from the Dominican Republic and its implication for Caribbean biogeography. Science 237:1215-1216