Hope Gorge [Newport Lmst, Moneague Fm] (Miocene of Jamaica)

Where: Jamaica (18.0° N, 76.8° W: paleocoordinates 17.8° N, 75.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Amphistorites matleyi foram zone, Newport Limestone Member (Moneague Formation), Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Newport Formation. AGE: Early Miocene, according to Stevens (2004) on the basis of foraminiferal biostratigraphy.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• scattered coral rudstones, floatstones and framestones; biostromes or patch-reefs

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Multiple collectors. REPOSITORY: Various repositories, including NHM, Basel.

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 111549: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.06.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropods and bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Not and authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquated nomenclature and few species-resolution identifications.
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Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
Kuphus aff. polythalamia
Kuphus aff. polythalamia Linnaeus 1767 clam