Pimento Hill, Beecher Town, St. Ann parish [Swanswick Fm]: Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene, Jamaica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Astropectinidae indet. Gray 1840
Donovan et al. 1993
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Caribbaster loveni (Cotteau 1875)
Donovan and Rowe 2000
Aguayoaster schickleri n. sp. Donovan and Rowe 2000
Donovan and Rowe 2000
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae
"Callianassa" sp. Leach 1814
Collins and Donovan 2006
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea nodosa Budd et al. 1992
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Alveopora informal sp. A Blainville 1830
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora informal sp. A Lamarck 1816
Stylocoeniella informal sp. A Yabe and Sugiyama 1935
Stylophora informal sp. F Schweigger 1819
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stylocoenia informal sp. A Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis alabamensis (Vaughan 1900)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia clarendonensis (Wells 1934)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Colpophyllia duncani Wells 1935
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Hydnophora variabilis (Duncan 1873)
? Caulastraea sp. Dana 1846
original and current combination Caulastrea
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae
Diploastrea informal sp. A Matthai 1914
Hydrozoa - Milleporina
Millepora sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:Jamaica
Coordinates: 18.4° North, 77.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:17.1° North, 76.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene
Age range of interval:41.20000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:White Limestone Formation:Swanswick
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Swanswick Fm of the White Limestone Gp. AGE: Middle Eocene-Late Eocene; justification not given in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Patch reef; limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithification, on the basis of facies description.
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BMNH
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Not stated in text. REPOSITORY: BMNH.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for echinoderms. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, but only family-level identifications dues to preservation.
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3566; Loc. 2 (Donovan & Gordon, 1989)
Database number:69727
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, M. Uhen, M. Clapham, A. Hendy Enterer:U. Merkel, M. Clapham, A. Hendy, M. Uhen
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-03-05 04:01:16 Last modified:2009-09-10 14:44:18
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-05 04:01:16
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
23393. T. A. Stemann. 2003. Reef corals of the White Limestone Group of Jamaica. Cainozoic Research 3(1-2):83-107 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

82138 J. S. H. Collins and S. K. Donovan. 2006. New decapod crustaceans from the Palaeogene of Jamaica. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 33:59-65 [M. Clapham/R. Valdez]
30678 S. K. Donovan, C. M. Gordon, C. J. Veltkamp and A. D. Scott. 1993. Crinoid, asteroids, and ophiuroids in the Jamaican fossil record. Geological Society of America Memoir 182:125-130 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
70175 S. K. Donovan and D.-A. C. Rowe. 2000. Spatangoid Echinoids from the Eocene of Jamaica. Journal of Paleontology 74(4):654-661 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]