Bog Walk [Newport Lmst, Moneague Fm]: Early/Lower Miocene, 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
- Thersiteidae
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Orthaulax sp.
Gabb 1872
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Cassis sp.
Scopoli 1777
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Modiolus sp.
(Lamarck 1801)
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Lithophaga sp.
Röding 1798
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Apolymetis sp.
Salisbury 1929
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Teredinidae
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Kuphus aff. polythalamia
(Linnaeus 1767)
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Anodontia sp.
Link 1807
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Geography
| Country: | Jamaica |
| Coordinates: | 18.1° North, 77.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.9° North, 75.8° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Miocene | Foram zone: | Amphistorites matleyi |
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | White Limestone | Formation: | Moneague | Member: | Newport Limestone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Newport Formation. AGE: Early Miocene, according to Stevens (2004) on the basis of foraminiferal biostratigraphy. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: scattered coral rudstones, floatstones and framestones; biostromes or patch-reefs | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression |
| 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. | |
| 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: | 111548 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-06-25 06:36:36 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2012-06-25 06:36:36 |
| 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] |