Guinea Corn West section, lower unit D4 (Cretaceous of Jamaica)

Where: Jamaica (18.2° N, 77.4° W: paleocoordinates 18.6° N, 71.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Guinea Corn Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by S.F. Mitchell, R. Stewart, D. Blissett

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, sieve

• Repository: Geology Museum at the University of the West Indies, Mona (UWIGM)

Primary reference: C. J. Underwood and S. F. Mitchell. 2000. Serratolamna serrata (Agassiz) (Pisces, Neoselachii) from the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Jamaica. Caribbean Journal of Earth Science 34:25-30 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 213579: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.09.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Serratolamnidae
Serratolamna serrata Agassiz 1838 mackerel shark