Paso Real Formation: Early Miocene, Cuba
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Thersiteidae
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Orthaulax bermudezi n. sp.
Clench and Aguayo 1939
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Orthaulax caepa n. sp.
Cooke 1921
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Orthaulax aguadillensis
Maury 1920
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Geography
| Country: | Cuba |
| Coordinates: | 22.6° North, 83.3° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.3° North, 75.9° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
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: | Paso Real | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Paso Real Fm (=Consolación Liemstone), for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not reported. AGE: Early Miocene in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: List representative of formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, assumed on the basis of lithostratigraphy. | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow carbonate setting. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Unknown | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: General list for Paso Real Formation, but limited to taxa described in taxonomic publications. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-level nomenclature, and modern nomenclature. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Consolación Liemstone | ||
| Database number: | 92455 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-11-13 19:17:36 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-11-13 19:17:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31168. | H. E. Vokes and E. H. Vokes. 1968. Variation in the genus Orthaulax (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 6(2):71-84 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |