Consuelo FM., Cuba: Priabonian, Cuba

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris cubensis Lambert 1925
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Rhabdocidaridae
see common names

Geography
Country:Cuba
Coordinates: 21.4° North, 78.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.6° North, 65.0° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Priabonian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 3
*Period:Middle Tertiary *Epoch:Late/Upper Eocene
*International age/stage:Late/Upper Priabonian - Early/Lower Priabonian
Key time interval: Priabonian
Age range of interval: 37.71 - 33.9 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Consuelo
Stratigraphy comments: This formation is correlated with the Chapapote FM. of Mexico and the Jackson FM., of the U.S.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:yellow calcareous marl
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: soft, cream colored calcereous marls
Environment:offshore
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:echinoids only
Metadata
Database number:8208
Authorizer:L. Ivany Enterer:E. Kowalski
Modifier:C. Visaggi Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-06-29 08:36:24 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:36
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
559. B. M. Cutress. 1980. Cretaceous and Tertiary Cidaroida (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) of the Caribbean Area. Bulletins of American Paleontology 77(309):1-221 [L. Ivany/E. Kowalski]