J4, San San Bay, Parish of Portland (Pleistocene of Jamaica)

Also known as Reef 3241

Where: Jamaica (18.2° N, 76.4° W: paleocoordinates 18.2° N, 76.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Navy Island Member (Manchioneal Formation), Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Navy Island Mbr of the Manchioneal Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Early Pleistocene (Calabrian), on the basis of foraminiferal biostratigraphyl Foraminiferal Biozone N22 (Banner & Blow, 1965). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• interpreted as fore reef deposits
• LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies description.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

• COLLECTOR: Not stated in text, but possibly S. Donovan. REPOSITORY: BMNH.

Primary reference: D. A. T. Harper and S. K. Donovan. 2007. Fossil brachiopods from the Pleistocene of the Antilles. Scripta Geologica 135:213-239 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 82760: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 01.08.2008, edited by Austin Hendy

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to echinoderms and brachiopods described in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
Crinoidea
 Isocrinida - Isselicrinidae
Cenocrinus asterius Linne 1767 Sea lily
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina manchionealensis Harper and Donovan 2007