Where: Jamaica (18.3° N, 77.1° W: paleocoordinates 17.1° N, 76.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Troy Limestone Formation (White Limestone Group), Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Claremont FM, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Late Eocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation. LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Formely placed in the Claremont Fm. Replaced by Troy Limestone in Stevens (2004).
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Reposited in the BMNH
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: Multiple collectors. REPOSITORY: Various repositories, including NHM, Basel and the BMNH, London.
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 111543: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.06.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Velates sp. Montfort 1810 snail | |
Sinum sp. Röding 1798 moon snail | |
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Terebellum sp. Röding 1798 true conch | |
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell | |
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Campanile sp. Fischer 1884 snail | |
Dirocerithium sp. Woodring and Stenzel 1959 cerith snail | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Scaphander sp. Monfort 1810 snail | |
Bulla sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Fimbria cf. jamaicensis, "Pseudomiltha megameris" = Superlucina megameris
Fimbria cf. jamaicensis Trechmann 1923 clam
"Pseudomiltha megameris" = Superlucina megameris Dall 1901 clam | |
Sawkinsia matleyi, "Cardium (Trigoniocardia) colosseum" = Trigoniocardia, Avicularium trechmanni, Cardium sp.
Sawkinsia matleyi Cox 1941 cockle
"Cardium (Trigoniocardia) colosseum" = Trigoniocardia cockle
Avicularium trechmanni Cox 1941 cockle
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Pholas sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam |