Where: Cuba (21.4° N, 78.3° W: paleocoordinates 21.2° N, 71.3° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Consuelo Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• This formation is correlated with the Chapapote FM. of Mexico and the Jackson FM., of the U.S.
Environment/lithology: offshore; yellow, calcareous marl
Preservation: cast
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ),
Primary reference: B. M. Cutress. 1980. Cretaceous and Tertiary Cidaroida (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) of the Caribbean Area. Bulletins of American Paleontology 77(309):1-221 [L. Ivany/E. Kowalski]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 8208: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 29.06.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Cidaris cubensis Lambert 1925 pencil urchin | |
Histocidaris sanchezi pencil urchin |