Where: Saint Catherine, Jamaica (18.2° N, 77.0° W: paleocoordinates 18.2° N, 77.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Copper Limestone Member (Devils Racecourse Formation), Hauterivian (132.9 - 129.4 Ma)
• The Copper Limestone (also known as Jubilee, Bonnet or Phillisburg Limestone) is the lower limestone unit in the Devils Racecourse Formation. Corals come from the upper part of Copper Limestone.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: H. Löser, T. A. Stemann, and S. Mitchell. 2009. Oldest scleractinian fauna from Jamaica (Hauterivian, Benbow Inlier). Journal of Paleontology 83(3):333-349 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 89647: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.06.2009, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Lithocodium aggregatum | |
Lithocodium aggregatum Elliott 1956 | |
Foraminifera | |
Nautiloculina sp. Mohler 1938 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Miliola sp. Lamarck 1804 | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Acicularia sp. d'Archiac 1843 | |
Anthozoa | |
Actinastrea asteriscus Weissermel 1900 stony coral
"Actinastrea ? minima" = Stelidioseris minima Fromentel 1857 stony coral
Floriastrea sexradiata Sikharulidze 1985 stony coral | |
Camptodocis corralesi n. sp.
Camptodocis corralesi n. sp. Löser et al. 2009 stony coral | |
Placocoenia sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral | |
Pseudomyriophyllia oshimaensis Eguchi 1951 stony coral
Eugyra rara Prever 1909 stony coral | |
"Rhabdocora sp." = Cladocora
"Rhabdocora sp." = Cladocora Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral | |
"Placastrea elegans" = Isastrea elegans, Complexastrea sp.
"Placastrea elegans" = Isastrea elegans Stoliczka 1873 stony coral
Complexastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral | |
Polyphylloseris polymorpha Felix 1891 stony coral | |
"Latusastrea rubrolineata n. sp." = Elasmocoenia rubrolineata
"Latusastrea rubrolineata n. sp." = Elasmocoenia rubrolineata Löser et al. 2009 stony coral | |
Dimorpharaea sp. de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Eocomoseris sp. Melnikova et al. 1993 stony coral | |
"Microsolena aff. crassisepta" = Periseris crassisepta
"Microsolena aff. crassisepta" = Periseris crassisepta Sikharulidze 1985 stony coral | |
Psammohelia cf. jaccardi Koby 1895 stony coral | |
"Metaulastraea hiraigaensis" = Pleurostylina hiraigaensis, "Monoaulastrea rawi n. gen. n. sp." = Thecidiosmilia rawi
"Metaulastraea hiraigaensis" = Pleurostylina hiraigaensis Eguchi 1951 stony coral
"Monoaulastrea rawi n. gen. n. sp." = Thecidiosmilia rawi Löser et al. 2009 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
Retha tulae rudist |