Shaw Castle, Maldon Inlier, St. James Parrish (Cretaceous to of Jamaica)

Where: Jamaica (18.1° N, 77.8° W: paleocoordinates 18.6° N, 72.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Maastrichtian to Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: R. Baron-szabo. 2002. pers. comm. [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27646: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 17.12.2002

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Taxonomic list

• Only corals included
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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Dictuophyllia conferticostata, Antiguastrea cellulosa, Goniastrea insignis, Cladocora gracilis
Dictuophyllia conferticostata Vaughan 1899 stony coral
Antiguastrea cellulosa Duncan 1863 stony coral
Goniastrea insignis Duncan 1880 stony coral
Cladocora gracilis d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Placocoeniidae
"Paraplacocoenia orbignyana" = Paraplacocoenia rotula
"Paraplacocoenia orbignyana" = Paraplacocoenia rotula Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agatheliidae
Multicolumnastraea cyathiformis
Multicolumnastraea cyathiformis Duncan 1865 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Brachyphylliidae
Dermosmiliopsis tenuicosta
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Loboseris sp.
Loboseris sp. Beauvais 1982 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyclolitidae
"Paracycloseris elizabethae" = Paracycloseris nariensis
"Paracycloseris elizabethae" = Paracycloseris nariensis Duncan 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Synastraeidae
Synastrea garumnica
Synastrea garumnica Vidal 1921 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Astraraea media
Astraraea media Sowerby 1832 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
"Trochoseris catadupensis" = Trochoseris aperta
"Trochoseris catadupensis" = Trochoseris aperta Duncan 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis reussi, Elephantaria lindstroemi, Actinhelia elegans
Actinacis reussi Oppenheim 1930 stony coral
Elephantaria lindstroemi Oppenheim 1930 stony coral
Actinhelia elegans Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Madracis johnwellsi
Madracis johnwellsi Frost and Langenheim 1974 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora octophylla
Stylophora octophylla Felix 1906 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
Phytogyra sp.
Phytogyra sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
 Helioporacea -
"Polytremacis cf. edwardsana" = Heliopora radiata
"Polytremacis cf. edwardsana" = Heliopora radiata Orbigny 1850