El Abra (Jurassic of Cuba)

Where: Cuba (22.7° N, 83.8° W: paleocoordinates 22.7° N, 83.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: San Cayetano Formation, Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• upper part of the formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Pugaczewska. 1978. Jurassic pelecypods from Cuba. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 23(2):163-186 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 98376: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.10.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillaria sp. Cox 1951 oyster
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae