Mao Formation

Mao Formation
Mao Formation
Stratigraphic range: Pliocene
Type	Formation
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Other	Siltstone
Location
Coordinates	19°30′N 71°12′W / 19.5°N 71.2°W
Approximate paleocoordinates	19°30′N 70°48′W / 19.5°N 70.8°W
Country	Dominican Republic
	Mao Formation (the Dominican Republic)

The Mao Formation is a geologic formation in the northwestern Dominican Republic. The reefal limestone and siltstone formation preserves bivalve, gastropod, echinoid and coral fossils dating back to the Pliocene period.^[1]

Fossil content

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Werner Schwarzhans; Orangel Aguilera (2013). "Otoliths of the Myctophidae from the Neogene of tropical America". Palaeo Ichthyologica. 13: 83–150.

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A. W. Janssen. 1999. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 20. Holoplanktonic Mollusks (Gastropoda: Heteropoda and Thecosomata). Bulletins of American Paleontology (358)1-40
A. Logan. 1987. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic 6. The phylum Brachiopoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 93(328):44-55
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