Also known as Reef 3240

Where: Jamaica (18.2° N, 76.4° W: paleocoordinates 18.2° N, 76.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Navy Island Member (Manchioneal Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

• 1.95 to 1.8 Ma previously assigned to the Late Pliocene, now Early Pleistocene

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: mechanical,

• Corals only

Primary reference: A. F. Budd and D. F. McNeill. 1998. Zooxanthellate scleractinian corals of the Bowden shell bed, Southeast Jamaica. Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 35(1-4):47-62 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34541: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 08.09.2003, edited by Uta Merkel

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