Palmer Loc. 1640, Juan Criollo (Eocene of Cuba)

Where: Cuba (22.0° N, 79.1° W: paleocoordinates 22.0° N, 79.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• marls

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: G. A. Cooper. 1955. New Brachiopods From Cuba. Journal of Paleontology 29(1):64-70 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 166607: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 19.02.2015, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
Streptaria streptimorpha n. sp.1 Cooper 1959
 Terebratulida -
Hercothyris borroi2 Cooper 1979
Hercothyris semiradiata n. sp.2 Cooper 1979
 Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Phragmothyris palmeri n. sp. Cooper 1955
Phragmothyris subplana n. sp. Cooper 1955
Phragmothyris cubensis n. gen. n. sp. Cooper 1955
Argyrotheca sp.2 Dall 1900