Name: Christine Lipkin Location: Dominican Republic Age: Oligocene to Miocene

Location of the
Dominican Republic

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Map of the Dominican Republic. Click on map for a larger image. Photo courtesy of Jack V. Rogers.

Location:

Dominican amber comes from the Dominican Republic on the island of Hispaniola. The island of Hispaniola is in the Caribbean, located in Central America, between the Caribbean Sea and the Northern Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti (Polcyn et al., 2002).

Amber from the Dominican Republic occurs mainly in two areas: Santiago de los Caballeros, in the northern area, and Santo Domingo, in the eastern area (Iturralde-Vincent and MacPhee, 1996).

Section author: Christine Lipkin
Last updated: 28/11/02

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