Jagua Vieja: Oxfordian, Cuba

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Octopoda - Trachyteuthididae
Reptilia - Plesiosauria
Plesiosauria indet. (de Blainville 1835)
Iturralde-Vinent and Norell 1996
Small plesiosaur cranium and articulated mandible (no specimen ID)
Reptilia
Iturralde-Vinent and Norell 1996
Lost limb bone
Iturralde-Vinent and Norell 1996
Lost limb bone
see common names

Geography
Country:Cuba State/province:Pinar del Río
Coordinates: 22.6° North, 83.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Oxfordian 10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 5
Key time interval: Oxfordian
Age range of interval: 161.5 - 154.8 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Jagua
Stratigraphy comments: "Oxfordian Upper Jurassic (Argovian)"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:MCZ
Metadata
Also known as:Vinales
Database number:90913
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Mannion Enterer:J. Alroy, J. Tennant
Modifier:J. Tennant Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-08-25 22:01:23 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2009-08-25 22:01:23
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
30590. W. E. Schevill. 1950. An Upper Jurassic sepioid from Cuba. Journal of Paleontology 24(1):99-101 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

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]