Brimstone Hill (Earle & Spencer) (Pleistocene of Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Where: Saint Kitts and Nevis (17.3° N, 62.8° W: paleocoordinates 17.4° N, 62.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• Grey-white limestones with many incrustations of calcareous algae, fragments and spines of echinids, Homotrema, Amphistegina and Globigerina

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Earle, Spencer in 1922, 1925

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 209798: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.05.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea siderea
Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stephanocoenia intersepta
Stephanocoenia intersepta Esper 1795 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea cavernosa
Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral