Hoyo de la Sierra: Middle Oxfordian, Cuba
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
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Plesiosauria indet.
(de Blainville 1835)
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Iturralde-Vinent and Norell 1996 | |||||||||
| MNHNH P3069 (AT 73-1-24), cranial fragments; USNM 18712 bone fragments | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Cuba |
| Coordinates: | 22.8° North, 83.5° 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: | Middle 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: | lithified "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified argillaceous "limestone" |
| Lithology description: carbonate nodule in marly limestones, marls and marly shales | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 98389 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, P. Mannion | Enterer: | U. Merkel, J. Tennant | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-10-05 06:38:43 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-10-05 06:38:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 33991. | H. Pugaczewska. 1978. Jurassic pelecypods from Cuba. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 23(2):163-186 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |
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] |