Grantham section, Rhythm C1, lower part, bed 18: Maastrichtian, Jamaica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Cyclolitidae
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Paracycloseris elizabethae
Wells 1934
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| synonym of Paracycloseris nariensis | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Caryophylliidae
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Dasmosmilia indet.
Pourtalès 1880
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| ? author not sure | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte sp.
Sowerby 1816
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina sp.
Bruguière 1797
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Mactromyidae
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Unicardium sp.
d'Orbigny 1850
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Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Radiolitidae
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Biradiolites mooretownensis
Trechmann 1924
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Donacidae
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Protodonax sp.
Vokes 1945
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya sp.
Sowerby 1823
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Neitheidae
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Neithea sp.
Drouet 1824
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima sp.
Bruguière 1797
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Entoliidae
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Syncyclonema sp.
Meek 1864
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Brachidontes sp.
Swainson 1840
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Nerinellidae
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Nerinella sp.
Sharpe 1849
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonellidae
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Actaeonella granthamensis
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| original and current combination Acteonella | ||||||||||
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Actaeonella marchmontensis
Sohl and Kollmann 1985
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Trochactaeon granthamensis
Sohl and Kollmann 1985
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Tectus sp.
Monfort 1810
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Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Globularia sp.
Swainson 1840
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Geography
| Country: | Jamaica | State/province: | Clarendon Parish |
| Coordinates: | 18.2° North, 77.4° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 18.6° North, 71.9° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Guinea Corn | ||||
| Regional order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper Campanian? | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: Unbedded. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 163014 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | A. Lauchstedt |
| Created: | 2014-10-09 04:24:38 | Last modified: | 2014-10-09 04:24:38 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2015-01-09 04:24:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 53058. | S. F. Mitchell. 2002. Palaeoecology of corals and rudists in mixed volcaniclastic carbonate small-scale rhythms (Upper Cretaceous, Jamaica). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 186:237-259 [W. Kiessling/A. Lauchstedt] |