Central Jesus Maria (Cretaceous of Cuba)

Where: Cuba (22.9° N, 81.6° W: paleocoordinates 19.2° N, 61.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• rudistid limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. W. Wells. 1941. Upper Cretaceous corals from Cuba. Bulletins of American Paleontology 26:282-300 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87671: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.03.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
"Trochoseris catadupensis" = Trochoseris aperta
"Trochoseris catadupensis" = Trochoseris aperta Duncan 1864 stony coral