USNM Loc. 818b, Marroqui (Eocene of Cuba)
Where: Cuba (22.1° N, 79.0° W: paleocoordinates 22.2° N, 69.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Taguasco Formation, Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified conglomerate
• The Taguasco formation is a "conglomerate containing large granite boulders" according to "Geology of Cuba: AAPG Studies in Geology 58"
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: G. A. Cooper. 1979. Tertiary and Cretaceous Brachiopods from Cuba and the Caribbean. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 37:1-45 [A. Hendy/K. Hendy/K. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 164961: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 08.01.2015
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Taxonomic list
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| Rhynchonellata | |
? Tichosina insolita n. sp.
? Tichosina insolita n. sp. Cooper 1979 | |