Bowden Formation (Pliocene of Jamaica)

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

• Environment interpreted as protected, muddy environment, perhaps associated with sea grass flats
• No details available

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
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Manicina sp. Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
Manicina sp. A
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
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Meandrina brasiliensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Solenastrea bournoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Thysanus excentricus Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Trachyphyllia bilobata Duncan 1863 stony coral
Antillia dentata Duncan 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Porites baracoaensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora monticulosa Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora sp. Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora sp. Z
Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
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
 Thecosomata - Cavoliniidae
Styliola subula1 Quoy and Gaimard 1827 snail
Bowdenatheca jamaicensis1 Collins 1934 snail
Clio aff. braidensis1 Bellardi 1873 snail
Clio pyramidata1 Linnaeus 1767 snail
Cavolinia tridentata1 Niebuhr 1775 snail
Cavolinia ventricosa1 Guppy 1882 snail
"Cavolinia vendryesiana" = Cavolinia marginata1 Bronn 1962 snail
Diacria digitata1 Guppy 1882 snail
Diacria trispinosa1 de Blainville 1821 snail
Creseis ? acicula1 Renz 1829 snail
 Thecosomata - Limacinidae
Limacina "sp. 1"1 Bosc 1817 snail
? Limacina "sp. 2"1 Bosc 1817 snail
Limacina bulimoides1 Orbigny 1836 snail
"Limacina inflata" = Heliconoides inflata1 Orbigny 1836 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Atlantidae
Oxygyrus keraudrenii1 Lesueur 1817 snail
Atlanta diamesa1 Woodring 1928 snail
Protatlanta lissa1 Woodring 1928 snail
Actinopteri
 Beloniformes - Belonidae