Gentle Hill, Manchester Parish [Yellow Limestone Gp] (Eocene of Jamaica)
Where: Jamaica (18.1° N, 77.7° W: paleocoordinates 16.5° N, 77.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Yellow Limestone Group, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. W. Wells. 1934. Some fossil corals from the West Indies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 83(2975):71-110 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 77043: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.12.2007
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Anthozoa | |
Antilloseris jamaicaensis Vaughan 1899 stony coral |