Also known as Reef 2870
Where: Jamaica (18.4° N, 77.4° W: paleocoordinates 17.3° N, 76.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Brown's Town Limestone Member (Moneague Formation), Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)
• TEXT: lower part of the Moneague Formation that have previously been mapped as part of the Browns Town Formation. AGE: Oligocene, according to Stevens (2004); placed by enterer in Early Oligocene on the basis of stratigraphic position.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: T. A. Stemann. 2003. Reef corals of the White Limestone Group of Jamaica. Cainozoic Research 3(1-2):83-107 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 69724: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.03.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hydrozoa | |
Millepora sp. fire coral | |
Anthozoa | |
"Montastrea "sp. B"" = Montastraea, "Montastrea canalis" = Montastraea endothecata, Montastrea cylindrica, Montastrea endothecata
"Montastrea "sp. B"" = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral
"Montastrea canalis" = Montastraea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral
Montastrea cylindrica Duncan 1863 stony coral
Montastrea endothecata Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
Agathiphyllia hilli Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Agathiphyllia tenuis Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
Galaxea excelsa Weisbord 1973 stony coral | |
"Astrocoenia portoricensis" = Astrocoenia portoricoensis, Astrocoenia incrustans, Stephanocoenia "sp. B", Stylocoenia "sp. A"
"Astrocoenia portoricensis" = Astrocoenia portoricoensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Astrocoenia incrustans Duncan 1863 stony coral
Stephanocoenia "sp. B" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Stylocoenia "sp. A" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral | |
Stylophora "sp. G", Stylophora imperatoris, Stylophora undata, "Stylophora minor" = Stylophora minor, "Stylophora ? goethalsi" = Stylophora minor, Stylophora cambridgensis, Seriatopora "sp. A", Pocillopora arnoldi, Stylocoeniella "sp. A"
Stylophora "sp. G" Schweigger 1819 stony coral
Stylophora imperatoris Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Stylophora undata Weisbord 1971 stony coral
"Stylophora minor" = Stylophora minor Duncan 1863 stony coral
"Stylophora ? goethalsi" = Stylophora minor Duncan 1863 stony coral
Stylophora cambridgensis Wells 1934 stony coral
Seriatopora "sp. A" Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Pocillopora arnoldi Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Stylocoeniella "sp. A" Yabe and Sugiyama 1935 stony coral | |
Acropora "sp. B", Acropora "sp. C", Acropora panamensis, Acropora saludensis, Astreopora antiguensis, Alveopora "sp. A", Alveopora tampae
Acropora "sp. B" Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora "sp. C" Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora panamensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Acropora saludensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Astreopora antiguensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Alveopora "sp. A" Blainville 1830 stony coral
Alveopora tampae Weisbord 1973 stony coral | |
Trachyphyllia "sp. A", Caulastrea portoricensis, Leptoria spenceri, Hydnophora variabilis, Antiguastrea prava, Antiguastrea cellulosa
Trachyphyllia "sp. A" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Caulastrea portoricensis Coryell 1929 stony coral
Leptoria spenceri Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Hydnophora variabilis Duncan 1873 stony coral
Antiguastrea prava Budd et al. 1992 stony coral
Antiguastrea cellulosa Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
Solenastrea bournoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral | |
Fungophyllia "sp. A" Gerth 1923 stony coral | |
Colpophyllia duncani Wells 1935 stony coral
Colpophyllia willoughbiensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Diploria portoricensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
Actinacis barretti Wells 1934 stony coral | |
Porites portoricensis, Porites baracoaensis, Porites anguillensis, Porites chipolanum, Porites waylandi
Porites portoricensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Porites baracoaensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Porites anguillensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Porites chipolanum Weisbord 1971 stony coral
Porites waylandi Foster 1986 stony coral | |
Siderastrea conferta Duncan 1863 stony coral
Pironastrea antiguensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral | |
Leptoseris "sp. C", Leptoseris portoricensis, Pavona "sp. A", "Trochoseris meinzeri" = Trochoseris aperta
Leptoseris "sp. C" Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Leptoseris portoricensis Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Pavona "sp. A" Lamarck 1801 stony coral
"Trochoseris meinzeri" = Trochoseris aperta Duncan 1864 stony coral | |
Diploastrea "sp. A" Matthai 1914 stony coral
Diploastrea crassolamellata Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
Parapolytremacis "sp. A" Alloiteau 1957 |