Where: Cuba (21.1° N, 75.7° W: paleocoordinates 20.9° N, 66.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Eocene, for which justification is not reported. 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 91176: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 08.09.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Oligopygus ovumserpentis Guppy 1866 sand dollar
Oligopygus alvarezi n. sp. Lambert and Sanchez Roig 1924 sand dollar |