Where: Cuba (22.7° N, 81.2° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 22.8° N, 80.8° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: No lithostratigraphic units named in text. AGE: Pleistocene (Richards 1935, 1962) based on the high proportion of Recent species. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Terrace up to 25 ft in elevation.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: poorly lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the CM
• COLLECTORS: Collected by H.G. Richards and R.E. Dickerson (1933). REPOSITORIES: Collections held in the Carnegie Museum.
Primary reference: H. G. Richards. 1935. Pleistocene Mollusks from western Cuba. Journal of Paleontology 9(3):253-258 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 66764: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.10.2006
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Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
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Modulus modulus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Olivella nivea olive snail | |
"Conus verrucosus" = Conus jaspideus
"Conus verrucosus" = Conus jaspideus Gmelin 1791 cone shell | |
Columbella mercatoria Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
"Dolium perdix" = Tonna
"Dolium perdix" = Tonna tun shell | |
"Strombus gigas" = Lobatus gigas
"Strombus gigas" = Lobatus gigas Linnaeus 1758 true conch | |
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena, "Polinices lactea" = Polinices lacteus
"Natica canrena" = Naticarius canrena Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
"Polinices lactea" = Polinices lacteus Guilding 1834 moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Chione paphia" = Lirophora (Lirophora) paphia
"Chione paphia" = Lirophora (Lirophora) paphia Linnaeus 1767 venus clam | |
"Cardium serratum" = Laevicardium serratum, "Cardium medium" = Americardia media
"Cardium serratum" = Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758 cockle
"Cardium medium" = Americardia media Linnaeaus 1758 cockle | |
Tellina radiata, "Tellina fausta" = Arcopagia fausta
Tellina radiata Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
"Tellina fausta" = Arcopagia fausta Pulteney 1799 tellin clam | |
"Codakia orbicularis" = Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis, Lucina pensylvanica
"Codakia orbicularis" = Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Tellinella listeri | |
"Tellina interrupta" = Tellinella listeri
"Tellina interrupta" = Tellinella listeri Röding 1798 |