"Cervantes", San José de las Lajas (Miocene to of Cuba)

Where: Cuba (23.0° N, 81.9° W: paleocoordinates 23.3° N, 78.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Miocene to Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Early-Middle Miocene, for which justification is not reported; placed by enterer in Early-Middle Miocene to avoid stratigraphic orphaning. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown lithology. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Collection of Sanchez Roig (unknown repository).

Primary reference: M. Sanchez Roig. 1926. Los Equiodermos fosiles de Cuba. Contribucion a la paleontologia Cubana 1-179 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91139: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 07.09.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for echinoidermata. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with a ntiquated nomenclature, but updated with more recent publications; with species-resolution identifications.
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Echinoidea
 Holasteroida - Urechinidae
Sanchezaster habanensis n. sp.
Sanchezaster habanensis n. sp. Lambert 1924 sea urchin
 Spatangoida -
Brissoides sp., Brissoides munozi, Brissoides mayor, Brissoides elongatum n. sp., Brissoides herrerae, Brissoides aff. depressus, Brissoides brevipetalum n. sp., Brissoides cubensis
Brissoides sp. Klein 1778 heart urchin
Brissoides munozi Lambert 1924 heart urchin
Brissoides mayor Lambert 1922 heart urchin
Brissoides elongatum n. sp. Sanchez Roig 1924 heart urchin
Brissoides herrerae Sanchez Roig 1924 heart urchin
Brissoides aff. depressus Dubois 1843 heart urchin
Brissoides brevipetalum n. sp. Sanchez Roig 1924 heart urchin
Brissoides cubensis Cotteau 1875 heart urchin
 Spatangoida - Asterostomatidae
Antillaster castroi, Antillaster sanchezi n. sp., Antillaster flexuosus n. sp., Antillaster cubensis
Antillaster castroi Egozcue 1897 heart urchin
Antillaster sanchezi n. sp. Lambert 1924 heart urchin
Antillaster flexuosus n. sp. Lambert 1924 heart urchin
Antillaster cubensis Conrad 1870 heart urchin
 Spatangoida - Brissidae
"Maretia estenozi n. sp." = Eupatagus estenozi, Lajanaster sp., Lajanaster jacksoni n. sp.
"Maretia estenozi n. sp." = Eupatagus estenozi Sanchez Roig 1921 heart urchin
Lajanaster sp. heart urchin
Lajanaster jacksoni n. sp. Lambert and Sanchez Roig 1926 heart urchin
 Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Clypeaster parrae, Clypeaster batheri, Clypeaster cotteaui, Clypeaster planipetalum, "Clypeaster platygaster" = Clypeaster oxybaphon, Clypeaster concavus
Clypeaster parrae Desmoulins 1835 sand dollar
Clypeaster batheri Lambert 1915 sand dollar
Clypeaster cotteaui Egozcue 1897 sand dollar
Clypeaster planipetalum Cotteau 1897 sand dollar
"Clypeaster platygaster" = Clypeaster oxybaphon Jackson 1922 sand dollar
Clypeaster concavus Cotteau 1875 sand dollar
 Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
Echinolampas mestrei n. sp., Echinolampas semiorbis
Echinolampas mestrei n. sp. Sanchez Roig 1926 sea urchin
Echinolampas semiorbis Guppy 1866 sea urchin