The Yaque Group is a geologic group in the southern Dominican Republic. The shallow marine limestone preserves coral fossils dating back to the Late Miocene to Early Pliocene period.[1]
| Yaque Group | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Late Miocene-Early Pliocene | |
| Type | Group |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 18°30′N 70°42′W / 18.5°N 70.7°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 18°24′N 69°54′W / 18.4°N 69.9°W |
| Country |  Dominican Republic |
  Yaque Group (the Dominican Republic) | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Yaque Group at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
edit- T. W. Vaughan, W. Cooke, D. D. Condit, C. P. Ross, W. P. Woodring and F. C. Calkins. 1921. A geological reconnaissance of the Dominican Republic. Geological Survey of the Dominican Republic Memoir 1:1-268