Laguna de Piedra: Middle Oxfordian - Late Oxfordian, Cuba
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Cryptoclididae
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Cryptoclidus vignalensis
Torre and Cuervo 1939
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Iturralde-Vinent and Norell 1996 | |||||||||
| MNHNH P3002 [ZII 294 (3612)] (4 articulated vertebrae) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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| Iturralde-Vinent and Norell 1996 | ||||||||||
| External tooth molds (holotype) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Metriorhynchidae
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Metriorhynchidae indet.
Fitzinger 1843
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| MNHNCU P3001, deteriorated skull fragment | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Cuba | State/province: | Vinales |
| Coordinates: | 22.4° North, 83.5° 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: | Middle Oxfordian - Late Oxfordian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 161.5 - 154.8 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Jagua | Member: | Jagua Vieja |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | planar lamination "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | platform/shelf-margin reef |
| Geology comments: Shallow water protected platform | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | concretion |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all macrofossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Metriorhynchid locality | ||
| Database number: | 138291 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Tennant |
| Modifier: | J. Tennant | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-01-10 02:28:45 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-01-10 02:28:45 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 44221. | Z. Gasparini and M. Iturralde-Vinent. 2001. Metriorhynchid crcodiles (Crocodyliformes) from the Oxfordian of Western Cuba. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 9:534-542 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/J. Tennant] |
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] |