Near Barajagua: Early Miocene, Cuba
collected by Cooper
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Nautilida
- Aturiidae
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| 1 specimen | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Cuba |
| Coordinates: | 20.6° North, 76.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 22.6° North, 68.8° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.04 - 15.98 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bitiri | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the "Nipe beds" of Bermüdez (1950). Iturralde-Vinent assigned the neritic facies to the Bitiri Formation. AGE: Oligocene in text, on the basis of biostratigraphic data, but probably Early Miocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in local stratigraphy. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal,yellow lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Yellow, dense fragmental limestone, with fossils. LITHIFICATION: | |
| Environment: | open shallow subtidal |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text, but probably shallow carbonate. Unit contains larger foraminifera and coral bioherms, suggesting shallow subtidal environment. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
| Collectors: | Cooper |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: G. A. Cooper? REPOSITORY: USNM. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to Nautiloidea. Also recorded are orbitoid foraminifera. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature and species resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 81524 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-06-29 14:23:37 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-06-29 14:23:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27501. | A. K. Miller and W. M. Furnish. 1956. An Aturia from eastern Cuba. Journal of Paleontology 30(5):1154 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |