loc. 93: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Jamaica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonellidae
Actaeonella marchmontensis Sohl and Kollmann 1985
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Trochactaeon wrighti Sohl and Kollmann 1985
see common names

Geography
Country:Jamaica
Coordinates: 18.2° North, 77.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:18.6° North, 72.7° 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:Late/Upper Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:"Titanosarcolites limestone"
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: middle of a 0.7 m unit of shale overlying preceding unit (loc. 92)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:yellow "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: 0.7 m unit of yellowish shale
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:USGS Mesozoic Collection No. 29925, 30027
Database number:66461
Authorizer:P. Harries Enterer:P. Harries
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-10-09 10:06:24 Last modified:2006-10-09 13:06:25
Access level:the public Released:2006-10-09 10:06:23
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]