ammonites
Paso Real Formation (Miocene of Cuba)

Also known as Consolación Liemstone

Where: Cuba (22.6° N, 83.3° W: paleocoordinates 22.9° N, 79.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Paso Real Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Paso Real Fm (=Consolación Liemstone), for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not reported. AGE: Early Miocene in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: List representative of formation

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow carbonate setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, assumed on the basis of lithostratigraphy.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Unknown

Primary reference: H. E. Vokes and E. H. Vokes. 1968. Variation in the genus Orthaulax (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 6(2):71-84 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92455: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.11.2009

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