Central Cuba: Maastrichtian, Cuba

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Antillocaprinidae
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
Praebarrettia sp. Trechmann 1924
Parastroma guitarti (Palmer 1933)
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Plagioptychidae
Plagioptychus antillarum (Douvillé 1927)
Mitrocaprina tschoppi (Palmer 1933)
Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Bournonia cf. bournoni Desmoulins 1826
Eoradiolites sp. Douvillé 1909
Sauvagesia sp. Bayle 1886
Chiapasella pauciplicata Muellerried 1931
see common names

Geography
Country:Cuba
Coordinates: 22.0° North, 79.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.6° North, 54.1° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 8
Key time interval: Maastrichtian
Age range of interval: 72.2 - 66 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:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2007-06-08 03:55:47
Creative Commons license:CC0
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]