Also known as Caribemys oxfordiensis type locality
Where: Vinales, Cuba (22.4° N, 83.5° W: paleocoordinates 22.4° N, 83.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Jagua Formation, Middle Oxfordian to Middle Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: platform or shelf-margin reef; shale and concretionary lime mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: Z. Gasparini and M. Iturralde-Vinent. 2001. Metriorhynchid crcodiles (Crocodyliformes) from the Oxfordian of Western Cuba. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 9:534-542 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/J. Tennant]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 137759: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 19.12.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Caribemys oxfordiensis n. gen. n. sp." = Notoemys oxfordiensis
"Caribemys oxfordiensis n. gen. n. sp." = Notoemys oxfordiensis de la Fuente and Iturralde-Vinent 2001 turtle MNHNCu-P 3209, a shell (holotype)
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