Fomento: Santonian, Cuba
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Hippuritidae
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Geography
| Country: | Cuba |
| Coordinates: | 22.1° North, 79.7° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 15.1° North, 53.2° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Santonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 85.7 - 83.6 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Jarao |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: dark-coloured limestone intercalation within volcanic flows and tuffaceous rocks | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 100122 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-11-30 01:00:54 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-11-30 01:00:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 34355. | R. Rojas, M. Iturralde-Vinent, and P. W. Skelton. 1995. Stratigraphy, composition and age of Cuban rudist-bearing deposits. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas 12(2):272-291 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |