Where: Cuba (22.7° N, 81.5° W: paleocoordinates 23.0° N, 78.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Miocene to Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 11.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Early-Middle Miocene, for which justification is not reported; placed by enterer in Early-Middle Miocene to avoid stratigraphic orphaning. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Collection of Sanchez Roig (unknown repository).
Primary reference: M. Sanchez Roig. 1926. Los Equiodermos fosiles de Cuba. Contribucion a la paleontologia Cubana 1-179 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 91145: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 07.09.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Clypeaster lanceolatus Cotteau 1897 sand dollar
Clypeaster cubensis Cotteau 1875 sand dollar | |
Jacksonaster cubensis n. sp.
Jacksonaster cubensis n. sp. Lambert 1925 sand dollar | |
Echinolampas clevei Cotteau 1875 sea urchin |