Port Morant, Acropora cervicornis Biofacies (Pleistocene of Jamaica)

Where: Jamaica (17.9° N, 76.3° W: paleocoordinates 17.9° N, 76.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Sangamonian age

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. A. James. 2006. Coral Biodiversity and Zonation on a Pleistocene Reef, Southeastern Jamaica. Jamaica Clearing House Mechanism [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176404: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 11.02.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites furcata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Acropora cervicornis Lamarck 1816 stony coral