Where: Pinar del Rio, Cuba (22.3° N, 79.7° W: paleocoordinates 22.3° N, 72.6° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Jabaco Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• One member of this formation, the Jicotea member is correlated with the Avon Park FM. of Florida.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; yellow, calcareous marl and sandstone
Preservation: cast
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ),
Primary reference: B. M. Cutress. 1980. Cretaceous and Tertiary Cidaroida (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) of the Caribbean Area. Bulletins of American Paleontology 77(309):1-221 [L. Ivany/E. Kowalski]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 8209: authorized by Linda Ivany, entered by Elizabeth Kowalski on 29.06.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Prophyllacanthus eocenicus n. sp.
Prophyllacanthus eocenicus n. sp. pencil urchin | |
Prionocidaris loveni pencil urchin | |
Tylocidaris bermudez n. sp.
Tylocidaris bermudez n. sp. pencil urchin | |
Palmerius roberti n. gen. n. sp.
Palmerius roberti n. gen. n. sp. pencil urchin |