Canoe Bay, Caribbean Sea (Pleistocene of Jamaica)

Also known as Reef 3815

Where: Saint Thomas, Jamaica (17.9° N, 76.3° W: paleocoordinates 17.9° N, 76.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Port Morant Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• 132 +/- 7 kyr, isotope substage 5e

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; framestone

• part of a fossil fringing reef
• coral framestone-boundstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Fossils are deposited in the Geology Museum, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica (numbers preceded by UWI GM)

Primary reference: S. F. Mitchell, R. K. Pickerill, and T. A. Stemann. 2001. The Port Morant Formation (Upper Pleistocene, Jamaica): high resolution sedimentology and paleoenvironmental analysis of a mixed carbonate clastic lagoonal succession. Sedimentary Geology 144:291-306 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 82858: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 03.08.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
"Undaria agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites, "Undaria crassa" = Agaricia agaricites
"Undaria agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
"Undaria crassa" = Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp., Porites astreoides, Porites divaricata, Porites furcata
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Porites divaricata Lesueur 1820 stony coral
Porites furcata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea siderea, Siderastrea radians
Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Siderastrea radians Pallas 1766 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora palmata
Acropora palmata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
abundant
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Scolymia cubensis, Mycetophyllia lamarckiana, Mycetophyllia ferox, Mussa angulosa, Manicina areolata, Diploria labyrinthiformis, Colpophyllia natans, "Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa
Scolymia cubensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Mycetophyllia lamarckiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Mycetophyllia ferox Wells 1973 stony coral
Mussa angulosa Pallas 1766 stony coral
Manicina areolata Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Diploria labyrinthiformis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
Colpophyllia natans Houttuyn 1772 stony coral
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa Dana 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Dichocoenia stokesi, Meandrina sp., Eusmilia fastigiata
Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Meandrina sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
Eusmilia fastigiata Pallas 1766 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia fragum
Favia fragum Esper 1795 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastraea faveolata, Montastrea cavernosa
Montastraea faveolata Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus gigas" = Lobatus gigas
"Strombus gigas" = Lobatus gigas Linnaeus 1758 true conch
 Ichnofossils -
Thalassinoides sp.
Thalassinoides sp. Ehrenberg 1944