Where: Clarendon, Jamaica (18.2° N, 77.4° W: paleocoordinates 18.6° N, 71.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: B3 Beds Member (Guinea Corn Formation), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• beds 58-74 of the "B3 Beds"
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. F. Mitchell, G. C. Gunter, and R. Ramsook. 2007. Paleoecology of the Maastrichtian rudist Biradiolites in Jamaica. In R. W. Scott (ed.), Cretaceous rudists and carbonate platforms: environmental feedback, SEPM Special Publication 87:81-94 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 84791: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.11.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Plagioptychus zansi rudist | |
Bournonia cancellata, Biradiolites rudissimus, Biradiolites jamaicensis, Biradiolites mooretownensis, Thyrastylon adhaerens
Bournonia cancellata rudist
Biradiolites rudissimus rudist
Biradiolites jamaicensis rudist
Biradiolites mooretownensis Trechmann 1924 rudist
Thyrastylon adhaerens rudist | |
Antillocaprina occidentalis rudist
Parasarcolites atkinsoni rudist
Parasarcolites cf. baileyi rudist |