title: Yanigua Formation
text: # Yanigua Formation
  
  The Yanigua Formation is a geologic formation in Dominican Republic. The lagoonal claystones and marls preserve fossils dating back to the Miocene period. The formation hosts Dominican amber.
  
  ## Fossil content
  
  * Aureofungus yaniguaensis, named after the formation
  * Cephalotes alveolatus, C. caribicus, C. dieteri, C. hispaniolicus
  * Enischnomyia stegosoma
  * Mesembrinella caenozoica
  * Vetufebrus ovatus
  * ?Neocallichirus quisquellanus
  * Portunus sp.
  