"Barranquitas-Cayey series": Coniacian, Puerto Rico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Collignoniceratidae
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Barroisiceras aff. haberfellneri
(von Hauer 1866)
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Desmoceratidae
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Parapuzosia aff. corbarica
(de Grossouvre 1894)
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Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Hippuritidae
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aff. Barrettia sp.
Woodward 1862
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Geography
| Country: | Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates: | 18.5° North, 66.1° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.3° North, 50.0° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Coniacian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Coniacian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 89.8 - 85.7 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Barranquitas-Cayey | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the "Barranquitas-Cayey series", for which lithostratigraphic details are not reported. AGE: Coniacian; although possibly Maastrichtian; dating uncertain. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From near top of "Barranquitas-Cayey series". | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified not reported |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not discussed in text. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, assumed on the basis of age. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Not stated in text, possibly Meyerhoff. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to characteristic taxa. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publications, with second-hand somewhat antiquated occurrence data, and species-resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 88261 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-04-05 16:42:24 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-04-05 16:42:24 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29639. | R. W. Imlay. 1944. Correlation of the Cretaceous formations of the Greater Antilles, Central America, and Mexico. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 55:1005-1045 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |