Canteras de Caraballo, loma Caoba, San Diego de los Banos (Eocene of Cuba)

Where: Cuba (22.6° N, 83.3° W: paleocoordinates 23.1° N, 74.2° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Eocene (48.6 - 37.2 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Middle Eocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in local section.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified carbonate

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown, but probably carbonate. LITHIFICATION: Unknown, but probably lithified.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Sanchez Roig

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: M. Sanchez Roig. REPOSITORY: Sanchez Roig personal collection, as stated in text.

Primary reference: M. Sanchez-Roig. 1953. Nuevos Equinidos fosiles de la fauna Cubana. Anales de la Academia de Ciencias Medicas, Fisicas Y Naturales de la Habana 41:136-176 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155852: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 03.05.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to Echinoidea. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, but with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Echinoidea
 Stomopneustoida - Stomechinidae
Triadechinus multiporus Clark 1927 sea urchin
 Spatangoida - Brissidae
Plagiobrissus robustus Clark 1927 heart urchin
Plagiobrissus loveni Cotteau 1875 heart urchin
Eupatagus brodermanni n. sp. Sanchez-Roig 1953 heart urchin
Eupatagus (Spatangomorpha) pinarensis n. sp. Sanchez-Roig 1953 heart urchin
Eupatagus attenuatus Clark 1927 heart urchin
Eupatagus casanovai n. sp. Sanchez-Roig 1953 heart urchin
Brissus caobaense n. sp. Sanchez-Roig 1953 heart urchin
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster brachypetalus Clark 1927 heart urchin
Schizaster dumblei Israelsky 1924 heart urchin
Schizaster bathypetalus Clark 1927 heart urchin
Agassizia caobaensis n. sp. Sanchez-Roig 1953 heart urchin
 Cassiduloida - Neolampadidae
Neocatopygus caobaense n. sp. Sanchez-Roig 1953 sea urchin
 Clypeasteroida - Oligopygidae
Haimea pentagona n. sp. Sanchez-Roig 1953 sand dollar
Haimea gigantea n. sp. Sanchez-Roig 1953 sand dollar
Haimea subcylindrica n. sp. Sanchez-Roig 1953 sand dollar
Haimea cylindrica n. sp. Sanchez-Roig 1953 sand dollar
 Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
Palaeolampas plateia Clark 1927 sea urchin
Palaeolampas alta Clark 1927 sea urchin
Echinolampas (Cypholampas) eocenicus n. sp. Sanchez-Roig 1953 sea urchin
Echinolampas brachytona Clark 1927 sea urchin
Echinolampas (Cylindrolampas) sandiegensis n. sp. Sanchez-Roig 1953 sea urchin
 Echinoneoida - Echinoneidae
Amblypygus depressus n. sp. Sanchez-Roig 1953 sea urchin
 Calycina - Phymosomatidae
Phymosoma peloria Arnold and Clark 1927 sea urchin
Phymosoma gigantea n. sp. Sanchez-Roig 1953 sea urchin