Point Flamstead, Jamaica (Cretaceous of Jamaica)

Where: Jamaica (18.3° N, 77.8° W: paleocoordinates 18.8° N, 72.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: 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 27658: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 17.12.2002

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Taxonomic list

• Corals only
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea adkinsi Wells 1934 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinhelia elegans Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae
Gyrodendron boltonae Wells 1934 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Dictuophyllia conferticostata Vaughan 1899 stony coral