Port Morant, Acropora cervicornis Biofacies: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Jamaica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites furcata
Lamarck 1816
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Acroporidae
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Acropora palmata
(Lamarck 1816)
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Acropora cervicornis
(Lamarck 1816)
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Geography
| Country: | Jamaica | County: | St. Thomas |
| Coordinates: | 17.9° North, 76.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.9° North, 76.3° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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: Sangamonian age | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 176404 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-02-11 09:24:54 | Last modified: | 2016-02-11 09:24:54 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2016-05-11 09:24:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 58029. | S. A. James. 2006. Coral Biodiversity and Zonation on a Pleistocene Reef, Southeastern Jamaica. Jamaica Clearing House Mechanism [W. Kiessling/M. Krause] |