Canteras de Somorrostro, Habana (Miocene of Cuba)

Where: Cuba (23.0° N, 82.2° W: paleocoordinates 23.4° N, 78.3° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Early Miocene. 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 155874: 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.
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Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Brissidae
Metalia sp.
Metalia sp. Gray 1855 heart urchin