Hoyo del Palmar; 10 km NE Viñales: Late Oxfordian, Cuba
collected by Brown
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Pterosauria
- Rhamphorhynchidae
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Nesodactylus hesperius n. gen., n. sp.
Colbert 1969
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1 individual | |||||||||
| AMNH 2000, partial skeleton | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Cuba | State/province: | Pinar del Rio |
| Coordinates: | 22.7° North, 83.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | |||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late Jurassic |
| Stage: | Oxfordian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Late Oxfordian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 157.9 - 154.8 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Jagua |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | black not reported |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | AMNH |
| Collectors: | Brown |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Nesodactylus hesperius holotype site | ||
| Database number: | 90871 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | J. Tennant | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-08-21 05:24:36 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-08-21 05:24:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 30566. | E. H. Colbert. 1969. A Jurassic pterosaur from Cuba. American Museum Novitates 2370:1-26 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 44921 | M. Iturralde-Vinent and M. A. Norell. 1996. Synopsis of Late Jurassic marine reptiles from Cuba. American Museum Novitates 3164:1-17 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] |