USNM 5255: Early/Lower Miocene, Cuba
collected by Black

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten (Lyropecten) pittieri Dall 1912
recombined as Lyropecten pittieri
Pecten (Pecten) ventonensis n. sp. Cooke 1919
Pecten vaughani Cooke 1919
SUBSPECIES: P. vaughani flabellum
Pecten (Aequipecten) thetidis (Sowerby 1850)
recombined as Argopecten thetidis
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus (Botula) cinnamomeus (Lamarck 1819)
recombined as Botula cinnamomeus
Lithophaga nigra (d'Orbigny 1845)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Phacoides (Miltha) aff. hillsboroensis (Heilprin 1887)
original and current combination Miltha hillsboroensis
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758
Metis trinitaria Dall 1900
    = Florimetis chipolana Dall 1900
Woodring 1982
see common names

Geography
Country:Cuba
Coordinates: 20.0° North, 75.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.2° North, 72.1° West
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: unlithified "siliciclastic"
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown lithology, assumed to be siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Unlifithied, based on figured 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:Black
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Fred P. Black. REPOSITORY: USNM.
Taxonomic list comments:COMPLETENESS: Includes gastropoda and bivalvia.
Metadata
Database number:75310
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-10-08 08:26:13 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2008-10-08 08:26:13
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]