Where: Jamaica (17.9° N, 76.3° W: paleocoordinates 17.9° N, 76.3° W)
When: Port Morant Formation (Coastal Group), Tarantian (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• Mitchell et al. (2000) obtained electron spin resonance measurements from corals in the Port Morant Formation at this site that indicate deposition was during latest Oxygen Isotope Stage 6 to, probably, earliest Oxygen Isotope Stage 5e, that is, last interglacial.
Environment/lithology: pebbly conglomerate
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: S. K. Donovan. 2010. A field guide to the Cretaceous and Cenozoic fossil decapod crustacean localities of Jamaica. Caribbean Journal of Science 46(1):39-53 [J. Wolfe/J. Wolfe]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 224549: authorized by Joanna Wolfe, entered by Joanna Wolfe on 18.03.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Cardisoma guanhumi Latreille 1828 crab | |
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Pilumnus sp. Leach 1816 crab | |
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Pitho anisodon Von Martens 1872 spider crab | |
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Mithrax sp. Latreille 1817 spider crab
Mithrax verrucosus Milne-Edwards 1832 spider crab
Mithrax hispidus Herbst 1790 spider crab | |
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Persephona punctata Linnaeus 1758 crab | |
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Calappa springeri Rathbun 1931 box crab | |
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Hepatus praecox Collins et al. 1997 crab | |
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Carpilius corallinus Herbst 1783 crab | |
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Nanoplax xanthiformis Milne-Edwards 1880 crab | |
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Eurytium sp. Stimpson 1862 crab
Panopeus sp. Milne Edwards 1834 crab
Panopeus rugosus Milne-Edwards 1880 crab
Hexapanopeus sp. Rathbun 1898 crab
Eurypanopeus sp. Milne-Edwards 1880 crab | |
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Callinectes sp. Stimpson 1860 swimming crab | |
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Raninoides louisianensis Rathbun 1933 crab | |
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Petrochirus bahamensis Herbst 1791 hermit crab | |
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Neocallichirus peraensis Collins et al. 1997 decapod
Glypturus acanthochirus Stimpson 1866 decapod | |