Vinales Valley: Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian, Cuba
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Favreina salevensis
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de la Fuente and Iturralde-Vinent 2001 | |||||||||
| Associated microfossil | ||||||||||
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Favreina sp.
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de la Fuente and Iturralde-Vinent 2001 | |||||||||
| Associated microfossil | ||||||||||
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Globochaete alpina
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de la Fuente and Iturralde-Vinent 2001 | |||||||||
| Associated microfossil | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Caribemys oxfordiensis n. gen., n. sp.
de la Fuente and Iturralde-Vinent 2001
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de la Fuente and Iturralde-Vinent 2001 | |||||||||
| recombined as Notoemys oxfordiensis | ||||||||||
| MNHNCu-P 3209, a shell (holotype) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Cuba | State/province: | Vinales |
| Coordinates: | 22.4° North, 83.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 22.4° North, 83.5° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Oxfordian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 161.50000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Jagua |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | planar lamination "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | concretionary lime mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | platform/shelf-margin reef |
| Geology comments: Shallow water protected platform | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all macrofossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Caribemys oxfordiensis type locality | ||
| Database number: | 137759 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Tennant |
| Modifier: | J. Tennant | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-12-19 07:27:44 | Last modified: | 2013-02-01 08:32:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-12-19 07:27:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 44221. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 44044 | M. S. de la Fuente and M. Iturralde-Vinent. 2001. A new pleurodiran turtle from the Jagua Formation (Oxfordian) of western Cuba. Journal of Paleontology 75(4):860-869 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] |