Baitoa Formation

Baitoa Formation
Stratigraphic range: Burdigalian-Langhian
Type	Formation
Underlies	Cercado Formation
Overlies	Tabera Formation
Lithology
Primary	Siltstone, limestone
Location
Coordinates	19°18′N70°42′W / 19.3°N 70.7°W / 19.3; -70.7
Approximate paleocoordinates	19°12′N69°30′W / 19.2°N 69.5°W / 19.2; -69.5
Country	Dominican Republic
Baitoa Formation (the Dominican Republic)

The Baitoa Formation is a geologic formation in Dominican Republic. The formation consists of siltstones and limestones deposited in a shallow marine to reef environment. The formation, unconformably overlying the Tabera Formation and unconformably overlain by the Cercado Formation, preserves bivalve, gastropod, echinoid and coral fossils dating back to the Burdigalian to Langhian period. ^[1]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Dominican Republic
• La Toca Formation
• El Mamey Formation

References

1. Baitoa Formation at Fossilworks.org

Further reading

• S. D. Cairns and J. W. Wells. 1987. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 5. The suborders Caryophylliina and Dendrophylliina (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 93(328):23-43
• L. Dolin. 1991. Cypraeoidea and Lamellarioidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda), from the Chipola Formation (late early Miocene) of northwestern Florida. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 24(1-2):1-60
• A. B. Foster. 1986. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 3. The family Poritidae (Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Bulletins of American Paleontology 90:47-123
• 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
• H. E. Vokes and E. H. Vokes. 1968. Variation in the genus Orthaulax (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 6(2):71-84