Brimstone Hill (Earle & Spencer): Late/Upper Pleistocene, Saint Kitts and Nevis
collected by Earle, Spencer 1922, 1925
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Montastrea annularis
(Ellis and Solander 1876)
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| recombined as Orbicella annularis | |||||||
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montastraeidae
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Montastrea cavernosa
(Linne 1767)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Siderastreidae
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Siderastrea siderea
(Ellis and Solander 1786)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Astrocoeniidae
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Stephanocoenia intersepta
(Esper 1795)
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Geography
| Country: | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Coordinates: | 17.3° North, 62.8° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.4° North, 62.8° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: Grey-white limestones with many incrustations of calcareous algae, fragments and spines of echinids, Homotrema, Amphistegina and Globigerina | |
| Environment: | open shallow subtidal |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Earle, Spencer | Collection dates: | 1922, 1925 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 209798 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-05-15 22:32:09 | Last modified: | 2020-05-15 22:32:09 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-05-15 22:32:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 72381. | J. H. Westermann and H. Kiel. 1961. The geology of Saba and St. Eustatius, with notes on the geology of St. Kitts, Nevis and Montserrat (Lesser Antilles). Natuurwetenschappelijke Studiekring voor Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen 24:1-175 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |