Where: Jamaica (18.5° N, 77.3° W: paleocoordinates 18.2° N, 76.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Amphistorites matleyi foram zone, Newport Limestone Member (Moneague Formation), Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Newport Formation. AGE: Early Miocene, according to Stevens (2004) on the basis of foraminiferal biostratigraphy.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: Multiple collectors. REPOSITORY: Various repositories, including NHM, Basel.
Primary reference: P. Jung. 1972. Mollusks from the White Limestone Group of Jamaica. Memorias de la VI Conferencia Geologica del Caribe - Margarita, Venezuela 465-468 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 111545: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.06.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Fissurella sp. Bruguière 1789 snail | |
Orthaulax sp. Gabb 1872 snail | |
Bulla sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel
Modiolus (Modiolus) sp. Lamarck 1799 mussel | |
Pseudomiltha sp. Fischer 1887 clam | |
Pholas sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Laevicardium sp. Swainson 1840 cockle | |
Apolymetis sp. Salisbury 1929 tellin clam |