Southeast Port Morant Harbour: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Jamaica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Callianassidae
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Neocallichirus peraensis
Collins et al. 1997
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Aethridae
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Hepatus praecox
Collins et al. 1997
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Geography
| Country: | Jamaica |
| Coordinates: | 17.9° North, 76.3° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.9° North, 76.3° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Upper Coastal | Formation: | Port Morant | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: Mitchell et al. (2000) obtained electron spin resonance measurements from corals in the Port Morant Formation on the southeast side of Port Morant Harbour that indicate deposition was during latest Oxygen Isotope Stage 6 to, probably, earliest Oxygen Isotope Stage 5e, that is, last interglacial. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 174135 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Schweitzer | Enterer: | L. Baltzly |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | decapod,marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-10-29 18:11:07 | Last modified: | 2017-04-06 20:59:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-10-29 18:11:07 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 57044. | decapod | J. S. H. Collins, S. K. Donovan, and H. L. Dixon. 1997. Crabs and barnacles (Crustacea: Decapoda and Cirripedia) from the Late Pleistocene Port Morant Formation of southeast Jamaica. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 23:51-63 [C. Schweitzer/L. Baltzly/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 56818 | decapod | J. S. H. Collins and S. K. Donovan. 1997. Some new crab records (Crustacea: Decapoda) from the late Pleistocene Port Morant Formation of southeast Jamaica. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum (24)73-77 [C. Schweitzer/L. Baltzly] |