Paso Real Formation (Miocene of Cuba)

Also known as Consolación Liemstone

Where: Cuba (22.6° N, 83.3° W: paleocoordinates 22.9° N, 79.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Paso Real Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Paso Real Fm (=Consolación Liemstone), for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not reported. AGE: Early Miocene in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: List representative of formation

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow carbonate setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, assumed on the basis of lithostratigraphy.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Unknown

Primary reference: H. E. Vokes and E. H. Vokes. 1968. Variation in the genus Orthaulax (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 6(2):71-84 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92455: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.11.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: General list for Paso Real Formation, but limited to taxa described in taxonomic publications. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-level nomenclature, and modern nomenclature.
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Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Thersiteidae
Orthaulax aguadillensis, Orthaulax caepa n. sp., Orthaulax bermudezi n. sp.
Orthaulax aguadillensis Maury 1920 snail
Orthaulax caepa n. sp. Cooke 1921 snail
Orthaulax bermudezi n. sp. Clench and Aguayo 1939 snail