loc. 69: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Jamaica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonidae
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Trochactaeon granthamensis
Sohl and Kollmann 1985
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Acteonellidae
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Actaeonella robinsoni
Sohl and Kollmann 1985
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Geography
| Country: | Jamaica |
| Coordinates: | 18.2° North, 77.4° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 18.5° North, 72.1° 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: | Early/Lower Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Guinea Corn | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 76.2 m above base of the formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | USGS Mesozoic Collection No. 29987 | ||
| Database number: | 66301 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Harries | Enterer: | P. Harries | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-10-06 12:06:30 | Last modified: | 2006-10-06 15:06:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-10-06 12:06:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18968. | N. F. Sohl and H. A. Kollmann. 1985. Cretaceous Actaeonellid Gastropods from the Western Hemisphere. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1304:1-104 [P. Harries/P. Harries] |