Loc. 7 - Matanzas, Matanzas Bay (Pleistocene of Cuba)

Where: Cuba (22.7° N, 81.2° W: paleocoordinates 22.7° N, 81.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: No lithostratigraphic units named in text. AGE: Pleistocene (Richards 1935, 1962) based on the high proportion of Recent species. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Terrace up to 25 ft in elevation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: poorly lithified limestone

• ENVIRONMENT: No environmental data reported in text. From carbonate facies, hence carbonate environment. SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY: From terrace, hence transgressive.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: No indication of lithification, but assumed to be poorly-lithified on the basis of age and lithologic description of adjacent collections (i.e. loose shells). No figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the CM

• COLLECTORS: Collected by H.G. Richards and R.E. Dickerson (1933). REPOSITORIES: Collections held in the Carnegie Museum.

Primary reference: H. G. Richards. 1935. Pleistocene Mollusks from western Cuba. Journal of Paleontology 9(3):253-258 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 66770: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.10.2006

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: An authoratative publication, although somewhat antiquated. However, all occurrences include species-resolution assignments.
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Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus gigas" = Lobatus gigas
"Strombus gigas" = Lobatus gigas Linnaeus 1758 true conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
"Solarium granulatum" = Architectonica nobilis
"Solarium granulatum" = Architectonica nobilis Röding 1798 sundial
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus americanus, "Pecten gibbus" = Argopecten gibbus
Spondylus americanus Hermann 1781 scallop
"Pecten gibbus" = Argopecten gibbus Linnaeus 1758 calico scallop
SUBSPECIES: P. gibbus nucleus
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Lucina chrysostoma" = Anodontia alba
"Lucina chrysostoma" = Anodontia alba Link 1807 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium medium" = Americardia media, "Cardium muricatum" = Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricatum
"Cardium medium" = Americardia media Linnaeaus 1758 cockle
"Cardium muricatum" = Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricatum Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Venus listeri" = Periglypta listeri, Chione cancellata, "Chione paphia" = Lirophora (Lirophora) paphia, Petricola typica
"Venus listeri" = Periglypta listeri Gray 1838 venus clam
Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
"Chione paphia" = Lirophora (Lirophora) paphia Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Petricola typica venus clam