Where: Jamaica (18.2° N, 77.4° W: paleocoordinates 18.5° N, 72.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Guinea Corn Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• Age based on Sr isotopes (Steuber et al., 2002)
• 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 27649: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 17.12.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Anthozoa | |
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Dictuophyllia conferticostata Vaughan 1899 stony coral
Antiguastrea cellulosa Duncan 1863 stony coral
Liptodendron nefiana Oppenheim 1930 stony coral | |
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Dichocoenia anomalos Wells 1934 stony coral | |
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Multicolumnastraea cyathiformis Duncan 1865 stony coral | |
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Cladophyllia cf. furcifera Roemer 1888 stony coral | |
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? Cunnolites sp. Gagnebin 1772 stony coral | |
"Paracycloseris elizabethae" = Paracycloseris nariensis
"Paracycloseris elizabethae" = Paracycloseris nariensis Duncan 1880 stony coral | |
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Siderastrea adkinsi Wells 1934 stony coral | |
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Gyrodendron boltonae Wells 1934 stony coral | |
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Goniopora imperatoris Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
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Actinacis reussi Oppenheim 1930 stony coral
Elephantaria lindstroemi Oppenheim 1930 stony coral | |
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Actinastrea exigua Alloiteau 1954 stony coral | |