Loma Calixto, Camagüey (Eocene of Cuba)
Where: Cuba (21.5° N, 77.3° W: paleocoordinates 21.4° N, 70.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• approx. equivalent to St. Bartholomew Limestone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
• "fairly shallow water but not true reef-building conditions"
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. W. Wells. 1934. Eocene corals from Cuba. Bulletins of American Paleontology 20(70B):147-160 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 77046: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.12.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa | |
"Trochosmilia raymondi n. sp." = Rennensismilia complanata
"Trochosmilia raymondi n. sp." = Rennensismilia complanata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral | |
Favia weisbordi n. sp.
Favia weisbordi n. sp. Wells 1934 stony coral | |
"Syzygophyllia hadleyi n. sp." = Antillia hadleyi
"Syzygophyllia hadleyi n. sp." = Antillia hadleyi Wells 1934 stony coral | |
Astrocoenia incrustans, Astrocoenia guantanamensis, Astrocoenia nuevitasensis n. sp., Astrocoenia calixtoensis n. sp.
Astrocoenia incrustans Duncan 1863 stony coral
Astrocoenia guantanamensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Astrocoenia nuevitasensis n. sp. Wells 1934 stony coral
Astrocoenia calixtoensis n. sp. Wells 1934 stony coral | |
"Trochoseris meinzeri" = Trochoseris aperta
"Trochoseris meinzeri" = Trochoseris aperta Duncan 1864 stony coral | |
"Goniopora taberi n. sp." = Goniopora reussiana
"Goniopora taberi n. sp." = Goniopora reussiana Duncan 1865 stony coral | |
Heliopora bennetti n. sp.
Heliopora bennetti n. sp. Wells 1934 |