Tertiary and Cretaceous brachiopods from Cuba and the Caribbean

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Series: Smithsonian contributions to paleobiology, no. 37

By

Cooper, G. Arthur (Gustav Arthur), 1902-2000

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979

Notes

Thirty-nine taxa of fossil brachiopods are described, figured, and discussed. Three come from Cretaceous rocks of Cuba and the remainder were found in Tertiary sediments of Cuba and other parts of the Caribbean region. These range in age from Eocene to Pliocene. Fourteen genera are identified of which two are new: one from the Cretaceous and the other from the Eocene, both from Cuba.Thirty species are recognized among the fossil genera: Cruralina, 1 (new); Terebratulina, 1 (new); Tichosina, 2 new; Tichosina?, 3 (1 new); Stenosarina, 1 (new); Gryphus, 4 (2 new); Gryphus?, 1; Dyscritothyris, 1 (new genus and species); Argyrotheca, 12 (11 new); Cistellarcula, 1 (new); Hercothyris, 2 (new genus and 2 new species); Lacazella, 1. Representatives of the following genera are not identified specifically: Cryptopora, Rugia, Terebratulina, Platidia, Argyrotheca, Thecidellina.

Subjects

Brachiopoda, Fossil , Caribbean Area , Cretaceous , Cuba , Paleontology , Tertiary

BHL Collections

Unearthed! Smithsonian Libraries' Paleo Collection

Call Number

QE701 .S56 no. 37

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.37.1
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/78606100
OCLC: 4075817