Whitney Valley, Clarendon Parish [Yellow Limestone Gp]: Lutetian, Jamaica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Calamophylliidae
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Antilloseris sp.
Vaughan 1905
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Dendrophylliidae
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Eupsammia clarendonensis n. sp.
Wells 1934
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| recombined as Balanophyllia clarendonensis | |||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Jamaica |
| Coordinates: | 18.1° North, 77.4° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.5° North, 76.7° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Lutetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Lutetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Yellow Limestone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 77036 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-12-17 04:24:17 | Last modified: | 2009-09-10 15:42:31 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-12-17 04:24:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26074. | J. W. Wells. 1934. Some fossil corals from the West Indies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 83(2975):71-110 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |