Matanzas (Eocene of Cuba)

Where: Cuba (22.7° N, 81.5° W: paleocoordinates 23.1° N, 71.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Eocene, 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 91162: 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
 Spatangoida - Brissidae
Schizobrissus jacksoni
Schizobrissus jacksoni Lambert 1926 heart urchin
 Spatangoida - Asterostomatidae
Prosostoma jimenoi
Prosostoma jimenoi Cotteau 1870 heart urchin
 Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
Echinolampas castroi
Echinolampas castroi Cotteau 1881 sea urchin