Loma de Callisto, Nuevitas (Oligocene of Cuba)

Where: Cuba (21.5° N, 77.3° W: paleocoordinates 21.4° N, 72.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Oligocene, for which justification is not reported. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown lithology. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Collection of Sanchez Roig (unknown repository).

Primary reference: M. Sanchez Roig. 1926. Los Equiodermos fosiles de Cuba. Contribucion a la paleontologia Cubana 1-179 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91156: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 07.09.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for echinoidermata. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with a ntiquated nomenclature, but updated with more recent publications; with species-resolution identifications.
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Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Neolaganidae
"Jacksonaster torrei n. sp." = Cubanaster torrei, "Jacksonaster acunai n. sp." = Cubanaster acunai, "Jacksonaster sanchezi n. sp." = Sanchezella sanchezi
"Jacksonaster torrei n. sp." = Cubanaster torrei Lambert 1926 sand dollar
"Jacksonaster acunai n. sp." = Cubanaster acunai Lambert 1926 sand dollar
"Jacksonaster sanchezi n. sp." = Sanchezella sanchezi Lambert 1926 sand dollar
 Clypeasteroida - Oligopygidae
Oligopygus haldermani, Oligopygus wetherbyi n. sp.
Oligopygus haldermani Conrad 1850 sand dollar
Oligopygus wetherbyi n. sp. de Lortiol 1887 sand dollar