Orange Park [Browns Town Lmst, Moneague Fm]: Early/Lower Oligocene, Jamaica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Thersiteidae
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Orthaulax sp.
Gabb 1872
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Neverita sp.
Risso 1826
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Scaphander sp.
Monfort 1810
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Pseudomiltha sp.
Fischer 1887
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Codakia sp.
Scopoli 1777
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Teredinidae
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Kuphus aff. polythalamia
(Linnaeus 1767)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Geography
| Country: | Jamaica |
| Coordinates: | 18.3° North, 77.1° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.2° North, 76.4° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Oligocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | White Limestone | Formation: | Moneague | Member: | Brown's Town Limestone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Brown's Town Limestone, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Oligocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation. LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Originally assigned to the Brown's Town Limestone. Replaced by Moneague Formation in Stevens (2004). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, assumed on the basis of facies description. | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Carbonate. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Multiple collectors. REPOSITORY: Various repositories, including NHM, Basel and the | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropods and bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Not and authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquated nomenclature and few species-resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 111547 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-06-25 06:31:14 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2012-06-25 06:31:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 36512. | P. Jung. 1972. Mollusks from the White Limestone Group of Jamaica. Memorias de la VI Conferencia Geologica del Caribe - Margarita, Venezuela 465-468 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner] |