Central Cuba: Maastrichtian, Cuba

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Plagioptychidae
Mitrocaprina bayani
Mitrocaprina palmeri
Mitrocaprina tschoppi (Palmer 1933)
Plagioptychus antillarum
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Radiolites macroplicatus Whitfield 1987
Eoradiolites sp. Douvillé 1909
Tampsia rutteni
Chiapasella cubensis Rutten 1936
synonym of Chiapasella radiolitiformis
Chiapasella pauciplicata Muellerried 1931
synonym of Chiapasella radiolitiformis
Chiapasella bermudezi Palmer 1933
synonym of Chiapasella radiolitiformis
Sauvagesia sp. Bayle 1886
Biradiolites aquitanicus
Biradiolites lumbricoides
Biradiolites cf. acuticostatus
Biradiolites cubensis
Biradiolites adherens
Biradiolites macgillavryi
Biradiolites tschoppi
Biradiolites cf. lameracensis Toucas 1909
Parabournonia hispida
Bournonia cancellata
Bournonia thiadensi
Bournonia cf. africana
Bournonia planasi
? Bournonia galofrei
Bournonia cf. bournoni Desmoulins 1826
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
Parastroma sanchezi
Parastroma guitarti (Palmer 1933)
Torreites sanchezi
Vaccinites inaequicostatus
subsp. vermunti
Hippurites (Orbygnya) muellerriedi
Barrettia monilifera
Barrettia multilirata
Praebarrettia sp. Trechmann 1924
Praebarrettia porosa
Praebarrettia sparcilirata
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Antillocaprinidae
Titanosarcolites giganteus
Antillocaprina crassitella
Antillocaprina annulata
Antillocaprina pugniformis
? Antillocaprina ? occidentalis
see common names

Geography
Country:Cuba
Coordinates: 22.0° North, 79.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.9° North, 63.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Habana
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Titanosarcolites Beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:73287
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-06-08 03:55:47 Last modified:2007-06-08 06:55:47
Access level:the public Released:2007-06-08 03:55:47
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

24603.1% 19820A. Torre. 1960. Notas sobre rudistas [Notes about rudists]. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural 25(1):51-64 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]