Copper, Benbow Inlier (Cretaceous of Jamaica)

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

• limestone with rudist bivalves, corals, foraminifers and algae; corals are isolated and scattered within the sediment and do not form any firm bioconstruction

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
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Foraminifera
 Textulariina - Coscinophragmatidae
 Textulariina - Cuneolinidae
 Lituolacea - Nautiloculinidae
Nautiloculina sp. Mohler 1938
 Lituolacea - Mayncinidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Miliola sp. Lamarck 1804
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -
Acicularia sp. d'Archiac 1843
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea asteriscus Weissermel 1900 stony coral
"Actinastrea ? minima" = Stelidioseris minima Fromentel 1857 stony coral
Floriastrea sexradiata Sikharulidze 1985 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Camptodocis corralesi n. sp. Löser et al. 2009 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Placocoeniidae
Placocoenia sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
Pseudomyriophyllia oshimaensis Eguchi 1951 stony coral
Eugyra rara Prever 1909 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Rhabdocora sp." = Cladocora
"Rhabdocora sp." = Cladocora Ehrenberg 1834 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
"Placastrea elegans" = Isastrea elegans, Complexastrea sp.
"Placastrea elegans" = Isastrea elegans Stoliczka 1873 stony coral
Complexastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Comoseriidae
Polyphylloseris polymorpha Felix 1891 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
"Latusastrea rubrolineata n. sp." = Elasmocoenia rubrolineata
"Latusastrea rubrolineata n. sp." = Elasmocoenia rubrolineata Löser et al. 2009 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Dimorpharaea sp. de Fromentel 1861 stony coral
Eocomoseris sp. Melnikova et al. 1993 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
"Microsolena aff. crassisepta" = Periseris crassisepta
"Microsolena aff. crassisepta" = Periseris crassisepta Sikharulidze 1985 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Psammohelia cf. jaccardi Koby 1895 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
"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
 Hippuritida - Caprinuloideidae