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BULLETINS OF AMERICAN PALEONTOLOGY VOLUME XXXI No. 128 LIST OF PALMER CUBAN FOSSIL LOCALITIES By Robert H. Palmer May I, 1948 Paleontological Research Institution Ithaca, New York, U. S. A. CORRECTIONS I'AGE I'ARACRAPH UXf: 3 3 7 Read "was" for were. 2r> Last line belongs on Ijoltoni of p. 2S. 27 1-4 Read under 369. 28 Last line is omitted. See last line p. 25. ;51 Insert Matanzas Province between lo<< and 451. ;{!> Insert Santa Clara Province between 4nf) and 457. 4.S Insert Santa Clara Province betwee;i 785 and 7«6. 4S Insert Habana Province between 7y'> and 794. 52 19 Read "Guanabacoa for "Guanabaco."' .").') :i from bottom, loc. 908P, add Habana Province. ."iG Change Habana Province to between 912 and 913. 7y 16 Read (1329-1340). T«i 19 Read "1330" for "1300." XI Change Santa Clara Province to be- tween 1371-1372 X3 Change Habana Province to between 1403-1404. Insert Santa Clara Province between 1411-1412. vj4 Change Camagiiey Province to be- tween 1427A and 1428. 92 12 Read "HCl" for HCL. LIST OF PALMER CUBAN FOSSIL LOCALITIES By Robert H. Palmer INTRODUCTION The Palmer Collection of Cuban fossils was made during tlie 1/ years between 1929 and 1946. There are 3217 localities num- bered consecutivel}' from i to 3217. They range in age from upper Jurassic to upper Tertiary. Great care has been taken to secure accuracy. At the time of collection, each localit}' was given a number and the place and date recorded. The list is largely of selected fossil locali- ties as data, except for lithologic purposes, were seldom taken where no fossils were found. The present list is a copy of these records. The collection consists of several thousand specimens. For the most part they are deposited with the U. S. Nat. Museum, a few are in the Yale collection and the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, some are in the Commission Geo- logico in Plabana, Cuba, and much material is at the Paleonto- logical Research Institution, and many specimens have been sent to individuals. A large part of the corals were sent to the British Museum of Natural History. The echinoids have been largely taken from the general collection and are the subject of special monographs by me. The localities are scattered over the six provinces of Cuba: Pinar del Rio, Habana, Matanzas, Santa Clara (Las Villas, the old name, but now made official), Camagiiey, and Oriente. There has been but little collecting in the eastern portion of Oriente. All collections were made and the localities were described by me personally except a very few that bear a PC number (Palmer Collection). These specimens were given by third parties. The age determinations where given were made by my wife, the late Dorothy K. Palmer, on the basis of Foraminifera or by myself working with associations of fossils where a few were 4 RuLi.KTix I'Js 278 known. Consecutive numbers in the list do not mean closely located localities except by chance: one collecting point ma}- be close to or \ery distant from another with a near sequence number. .A. small scale maj) of Cuba accompanies the list. This is for ,t,feneral purposes onlw It is manifestlx impossible and imprac- tical for the purposes at hand to plot even a portion of the 3217 localities, or exeu to select important ones seemed an impossible task, hence none have been plotted. A word on the Carta Militar of Cuba is necessary. The map of Cuba has been divided into ~o parts numbered in sequence beginning at the western end. These together have been called the Carta Militar of Cuba, h.ach part is called an Hoja or Sheet and given a number. 1'he map is variously referred to as Carta Militar (abbreviated to C. M.) or Hoja or Mili- tary Sheet (M. S.) —-—— or Sheet with the appropri- ate number or often simply the number is given. The sheet numbers are often used in this list of localities. The geography and the contours have been drawn on each sheet, ^diese are for the most part not reliable and have not been followed in all cases in describing the localities. The Sheets were hrst made in the early part of the present century on a >cale of 1 163 ,000, one inch to the mile. Later the}' were redrawn to a scale of 1 : 100,000, i centimeter to the kilo- meter. The errors of the original were largely repeated and the geographical coverage remained the same. The present list has, therefore, used as references anything available : towns, sugar mills (centrales, these are ver\- important), hncas (farms), roads including the Carretera Central (Central Highway run- ning from I'inar del Rio to Santiago, 11 55 km.—693 miles). Carta Militar. rivers, kilometer posts, distances in kilometers (4 kilometers is one league), railroads, cane lines (private rail- roads owned and o])erated In' sugar mills), gruas (cane hoists), provincial boundaries, mines, h.istorical monuments and, in fact, any geographical landmarks capable of future identification. Though what seemed to l)e the be.st reference points used at the time it is not to be sui)])osed that better ones, not available at that time would enable the worker to more c|uickl\ and accurate- 27V (_'i;kan JjOcai.I'I'iks : I'akmki; ly (letcnninc a localit} nor is il suitposed that all localities ran be definitelx located. It is \ er_\ j)rol)al)le that the aeria! l»lioto,i;ra])lis taken dnrini; tlie war may prox'itle sufficient data for a more accuiate ma[) of Cuba. Unfortunately this nia[j has not _\ et 1)een made 'i'here ha\'e been many local maps of various parts of Cuba made from private sur\-eys of sug'ar mills, oil com]ianies, muni- cipalities, etc. These contain roads and other easily identifiable culture. Though these have been freely drawn upon to deter- mine localities, it is, of course, inijxjssible to reproduce them. X'aluable as the\- are their use is limited t(j detail work in the areas covered. An outline of the geolos^y of Cuba max- be found in \()lume LIII, No. I, January, 1945, of the Journal of Geology. The se- (pience and correlation of the formations and members men- tioned in this localit}' list will be found adec|uately described in that jniblication. Reference may also be made to the geological map of Cuba, June, 1946, b}' the Comision del Mapa Geologico del Alinisterio de Agricultura, Habana, scale i : 1,000,000. The foraminiferal collections and notebooks, including the original locality set, of Dorothy K. Palmer have been presented to the Paleontological Research Institution where they are ac- cessible to workers wishing additional notes or verification of (lata. VOCAr.rLARY AND ABBREVIATIONS A—Arroyo Apty.—Aptychus or Aptychus beds BBB—Big Boulder bed* (-a fetal —coflfee plantation Callejon—an old road eantera—quarry CC.—Carretera Central Chueho—switch (Jlyij.—Clypeaster (.'g\.—conglomerate eta.—Carretera cuartel—rural guard station cntronque —junction F.C.—Ferrocarril R. R. Fca.—finca ft.—feet fin.—formation grua—cane hoist guajiro—native — Bui,i,KTiN 12b 2iio Iii^.— iiigeiiio (sugar luUl i km.—kilometei iinca—usually eaue K.K. league—4 km. la. —limestone m.—meter mi.—mile pei'digoiies (shot) i)ellets of liemntil* pozo—well K.—Eio Rml.—Kamal—eaue R. K., braneli line R.R—railroad sli. —shale ss.—sandstone Sta.—Santa w—with w/—witiiout X—crossing "—inches '—feet V—vara (33") LOCALITIES SANTA CLAKA PROVINCE 1. Ochoa, 4 mi. VV. of Santa Clara in cut on Carreterji C<»ntrfll Basic rock. 5/24/29. 2. Ochoa. 4 mi. W. of Santa Clara in cut on Carreter;i Cf»ntral. Graen intrusive rock. 5/24/29 3. Hill near the house of Sr. Hernandez, near (iomez on road from Santa Clara to Escambray. 5/24/29 3«. Lower part of hill nearest house of Sr. Hernandez. Andesite. Lou Piedras de Amolar es tin lugar que .sr encvcntra proximo o. lit Sierra del, Escambray. 5/25/29 4. Grinding rock 8. of Santa Clara. Andesite. 5/25/29 5. Grinding rock S. of Santa Clara ncai- the store. Altered green rock. 5/25/29 6. (jrinding rock S. of Santa (;lara. Hhick liasic rock. 7. Cut on road l)etween Eanchuelo and San .)uan de las Veias, 1 km. N. of San Juan. Wliite shale. Cretaceous? ./2«/29 8. =ll=z93. Corralea de Fulgueiras (Srta. O'Campo; near Pena Blan- ca, 1 mi. S. of Santa Clara. Green intrusive rock. —2. Sample sent to Philadelphia. 5/28/29 9. Road from Santa (Jiura to Li^s (Jorj-ale.s de Fulgueiras. Andesite. 5/28/29 10. Corrales de Pulgueii;i^. pi'Tin P.Ipdmii. (^ii,iit/ scah' on igneous rock. 5/28/29 281 Santa Claua Pkovince 11. Mina dv Potioleo of Srta. O 'Campo. Oorrales ilc Knlgueiras Chapapote. 5/28/29 12. Upper part of Pena Blanca, granitoid rock. (_To I'iiiladclphia.) 5/28/29 l.'i. LowOT part of Pefia Blanca. 5/28/29 14. Lower part of Pena Blanea. Chalcedony in green rock. 5/2S/29 15. Lower part of Peiia Blam-a. (xreen granular igneous rock. (To Philadelphia.) 5/28/29 Iti. W. of Bernia., U/j km. S. of Santa Clara. 5/o0/29 17. W. of Bernia, IV-j km. Chalcedonic replacements of corals. Beek- ite. 5/30/29 17a. =17. Fine radiolitid. 17b. =17. Probably Barrettia. 17c. 1=17. Probably neM^ genus. 17d. =17. ? 17e.
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    STATE OF AMBIGUITY STATE OF AMBIGUITY CiviC Life and CuLture in Cuba’s first repubLiC STEVEN PALMER, JOSÉ ANTONIO PIQUERAS, and AMPARO SÁNCHEZ COBOS, editors Duke university press 2014 © 2014 Duke University Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-f ree paper ♾ Designed by Heather Hensley Typeset in Minion Pro by Tseng Information Systems, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data State of ambiguity : civic life and culture in Cuba’s first republic / Steven Palmer, José Antonio Piqueras, and Amparo Sánchez Cobos, editors. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8223-5630-1 (cloth : alk. paper) isbn 978-0-8223-5638-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Cuba—History—19th century. 2. Cuba—History—20th century. 3. Cuba—Politics and government—19th century. 4. Cuba—Politics and government—20th century. 5. Cuba— Civilization—19th century. 6. Cuba—Civilization—20th century. i. Palmer, Steven Paul. ii. Piqueras Arenas, José A. (José Antonio). iii. Sánchez Cobos, Amparo. f1784.s73 2014 972.91′05—dc23 2013048700 CONTENTS Introduction: Revisiting Cuba’s First Republic | 1 Steven Palmer, José Antonio Piqueras, and Amparo Sánchez Cobos 1. A Sunken Ship, a Bronze Eagle, and the Politics of Memory: The “Social Life” of the USS Maine in Cuba (1898–1961) | 22 Marial Iglesias Utset 2. Shifting Sands of Cuban Science, 1875–1933 | 54 Steven Palmer 3. Race, Labor, and Citizenship in Cuba: A View from the Sugar District of Cienfuegos, 1886–1909 | 82 Rebecca J. Scott 4. Slaughterhouses and Milk Consumption in the “Sick Republic”: Socio- Environmental Change and Sanitary Technology in Havana, 1890–1925 | 121 Reinaldo Funes Monzote 5.