Also known as Loc. 5 (Liddle et al. (1984)

Where: Jamaica (18.5° N, 77.4° W: paleocoordinates 18.5° N, 77.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Falmouth Formation (Coastal Group), Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Falmouth Fm, which unconformably overlies the Hope Gate Fm. THICKNESS: Sample collected from 2-4 m of section of unknown thickness. AGE: Late Pleistocene, last interglacial, Sangamonian, ~125,000 yrs bp. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position with formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, fine-grained limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Collected by Donovan & Littlewood in 1988-1990

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Donovan and Littlewood. REPOSITORY: Not stated, but presumably the University of the West Indies.

Primary reference: S. K. Donovan and D. T. J. Littlewood. 1993. The benthic mollusk faunas of two contrasting reef paleosubenvironments: Falmouth Formation (late Pleistocene, last interglacial), Jamaica. The Nautilus 107(1):33-42 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80408: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 20.04.2008

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