USNM 3441: Early/Lower Miocene, Cuba
collected by Vaughn
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Metis trinitaria
Dall 1900
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= Florimetis chipolana
Dall 1900
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Woodring 1982 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten vaughani
Cooke 1919
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| SUBSPECIES: P. vaughani flabellum | ||||||||||
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Pecten (Plagioctenium) crucianus n. sp.
Cooke 1919
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| synonym of Interchlamys interlineata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Ostrea haitensis
Sowerby 1850
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| recombined as Hyotissa haitensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Lithophaga nigra
(d'Orbigny 1845)
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Cuba |
| Coordinates: | 23.2° North, 82.4° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 23.5° North, 78.5° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown lithostratigraphy. AGE: Assumed to be Early Miocene, based on correlations to Tampa Limeston (Arcadia Formation = Late Oligocene-Early Miocene). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within local section. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown lithology, appears to be siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, based on illustrated specimens. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Environment not described in text. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original calcite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
| Collectors: | Vaughn |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: T. W. Vaughn. REPOSITORY: USNM. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COMPLETENESS: Includes gastropoda and bivalvia. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 75305 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-10-08 08:09:08 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2008-10-08 08:09:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25441. | C. W. Cooke. 1919. Tertiary mollusks from the Leeward Islands and Cuba. Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the West Indies. Carnegie Institution of Washington 105-156 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 13359 | W. P. Woodring. 1982. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(F) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |