Christiania, Parish of Manchester [Albert Town Mbr, Chapelton Fm]: Lutetian, Jamaica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Goniaraea christianiaensis n. sp.
Wells 1934
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| recombined as Goniopora christianiaensis | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Carcharodon sp.
Smith 1838
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Donovan and Gunter 2001 | |||||||||
| Probably Carcharodon auriculatus | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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Carcharias sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Donovan and Gunter 2001 | |||||||||
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Asteroidea
- Paxillosida
- Astropectinidae
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Astropectinidae indet.
Gray 1840
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Donovan et al. 1993 | |||||||||
| or Goniasteridae indet. | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Jamaica |
| Coordinates: | 18.1° North, 77.5° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.5° North, 76.9° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Lutetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Lutetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Yellow Limestone | Formation: | Chapelton | Member: | Albert Town |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Albert Town Mbr of the Chapelton Fm, Yellow Limestone Gp, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Middle Eocene in text; but regarded as Lutetian by Wells (1934); justification for age not reported in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies description. | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Not stated in text. REPOSITORY: BMNH. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for corals and echinoderms. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and some species-resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Loc. 6, 8 (Robinson, 1988) | ||
| Database number: | 77041 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, C. Jaramillo, A. Hendy | Enterer: | U. Merkel, A. Hendy, C. Pimiento |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-12-18 01:04:55 | Last modified: | 2011-06-22 14:12:19 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-12-18 01:04:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26074. | J. W. Wells. 1934. Some fossil corals from the West Indies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 83(2975):71-110 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
| 30678 | S. K. Donovan, C. M. Gordon, C. J. Veltkamp and A. D. Scott. 1993. Crinoid, asteroids, and ophiuroids in the Jamaican fossil record. Geological Society of America Memoir 182:125-130 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 52784 | S. K. Donovan and G. C. Gunter. 2001. Fossil sharks from Jamaica. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 28:211-215 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento] | |
| 36488 | E. Robinson. 1994. Jamaica. In S. K. Donovan, T. A. Jackson (eds.), Caribbean Geology: An Introduction 111-127 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |