Jagua Vieja (Jurassic of Cuba)

Also known as Vinales

Where: Pinar del Río, Cuba (22.6° N, 83.7° W: paleocoordinates 3.8° N, 50.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Jagua Formation, Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

• "Oxfordian Upper Jurassic (Argovian)"

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MCZ

Primary reference: W. E. Schevill. 1950. An Upper Jurassic sepioid from Cuba. Journal of Paleontology 24(1):99-101 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90913: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 25.08.2009, edited by Jonathan Tennant

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Archosauria -
Archosauria indet. Cope 1869 archosaur
Lost limb bone
 Plesiosauria -
Plesiosauria indet. plesiosaur
Small plesiosaur cranium and articulated mandible (no specimen ID)
Cephalopoda
 Octopoda - Trachyteuthididae
Voltzia palmeri n. gen. n. sp.
Voltzia palmeri n. gen. n. sp. Schevill 1950 octopus