Canteras de Caraballo, loma Caoba, San Diego de los Banos (Eocene of Cuba)

Where: Cuba (22.6° N, 83.3° W: paleocoordinates 23.1° N, 74.2° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Middle Eocene. 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 155852: 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
 Calycina - Phymosomatidae
Phymosoma peloria, Phymosoma gigantea n. sp.
Phymosoma peloria Arnold and Clark 1927 sea urchin
Phymosoma gigantea n. sp. Sanchez-Roig 1953 sea urchin
 Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
Echinolampas brachytona, Palaeolampas alta, Palaeolampas plateia, Echinolampas (Cypholampas) eocenicus n. sp., Echinolampas (Cylindrolampas) altissima, Echinolampas (Cylindrolampas) sandiegensis n. sp.
Echinolampas brachytona Clark 1927 sea urchin
Palaeolampas alta Clark 1927 sea urchin
Palaeolampas plateia Clark 1927 sea urchin
Echinolampas (Cypholampas) eocenicus n. sp. Sanchez-Roig 1953 sea urchin
Echinolampas (Cylindrolampas) sandiegensis n. sp. Sanchez-Roig 1953 sea urchin
 Clypeasteroida - Oligopygidae
Haimea subcylindrica n. sp., Haimea cylindrica n. sp., Haimea pentagona n. sp., Haimea gigantea n. sp.
Haimea subcylindrica n. sp. Sanchez-Roig 1953 sand dollar
Haimea cylindrica n. sp. Sanchez-Roig 1953 sand dollar
Haimea pentagona n. sp. Sanchez-Roig 1953 sand dollar
Haimea gigantea n. sp. Sanchez-Roig 1953 sand dollar
 Cassiduloida - Neolampadidae
Neocatopygus caobaense n. sp.
Neocatopygus caobaense n. sp. Sanchez-Roig 1953 sea urchin
 Echinoneoida - Echinoneidae
Amblypygus depressus n. sp.
Amblypygus depressus n. sp. Sanchez-Roig 1953 sea urchin
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Schizaster bathypetalus, Schizaster brachypetalus, Schizaster dumblei, Agassizia caobaensis n. sp.
Schizaster bathypetalus Clark 1927 heart urchin
Schizaster brachypetalus Clark 1927 heart urchin
Schizaster dumblei Israelsky 1924 heart urchin
Agassizia caobaensis n. sp. Sanchez-Roig 1953 heart urchin
 Spatangoida - Brissidae
Eupatagus (Spatangomorpha) pinarensis n. sp., Eupatagus brodermanni n. sp., Eupatagus attenuatus, Eupatagus casanovai n. sp., Plagiobrissus robustus, Plagiobrissus loveni, Brissus caobaense n. sp.
Eupatagus (Spatangomorpha) pinarensis n. sp. Sanchez-Roig 1953 heart urchin
Eupatagus brodermanni n. sp. Sanchez-Roig 1953 heart urchin
Eupatagus attenuatus Clark 1927 heart urchin
Eupatagus casanovai n. sp. Sanchez-Roig 1953 heart urchin
Plagiobrissus robustus Clark 1927 heart urchin
Plagiobrissus loveni Cotteau 1875 heart urchin
Brissus caobaense n. sp. Sanchez-Roig 1953 heart urchin
 Stomopneustoida - Stomechinidae
Triadechinus multiporus
Triadechinus multiporus Clark 1927 sea urchin