Where: Jamaica (17.9° N, 76.3° W: paleocoordinates 17.9° N, 75.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Bowden Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• Multistratigraphy suggests 3.8-2.7 Ma
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: mechanical,
• Corals only
Primary reference: A. F. Budd and D. F. McNeill. 1998. Zooxanthellate scleractinian corals of the Bowden shell bed, Southeast Jamaica. Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 35(1-4):47-62 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34539: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 08.09.2003, edited by Mihaela Krause and Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Manicina grandis Duncan 1864 stony coral
Manicina puntagordensis Weisbord 1968 stony coral
Manicina aff. areolata Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Scolymia cubensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral | |
Meandrina brasiliensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Solenastrea bournoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Thysanus excentricus Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
Trachyphyllia bilobata Duncan 1863 stony coral
Antillia dentata Duncan 1864 stony coral | |
Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Porites baracoaensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
Stylophora monticulosa Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925 stony coral | |
Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral | |
Placocyathus alveolus Duncan 1863 stony coral
Placocyathus barretti Duncan 1863 stony coral
Placocyathus costatus Duncan 1864 stony coral
Placocyathus variabilis Duncan 1864 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Styliola subula1, Bowdenatheca jamaicensis1, Clio aff. braidensis1, Clio pyramidata1, Cavolinia tridentata1, Cavolinia ventricosa1, "Cavolinia vendryesiana" = Cavolinia marginata1, Diacria digitata1, Diacria trispinosa1, Creseis ? acicula1
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Limacina "sp. 1"1, ? Limacina "sp. 2"1, Limacina bulimoides1, "Limacina inflata" = Heliconoides inflata1
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Actinopteri | |
cf. Platybelone argalus2 LeSueur 1821 |