• Source: El Mamey Formation

    • 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.


    Fossil content



    Palaeoraphe dominicana
    Roystonea palaea
    Sphaerodactylus ciguapa, S. dommeli
    Trithrinax dominicana
    Eleutherodactylus sp.
    Chilopoda indet.
    Diptera indet.


    See also



    List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Dominican Republic
    La Toca Formation
    Baitoa Formation
    Cercado Formation


    References




    Further reading


    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

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