Loc. 1 - Rio Bueno Harbour [Falmouth Fm]: Late Pleistocene, Jamaica
collected by Donovan & Littlewood 1988-1990
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Bullidae
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Bulla striata
Bruguiére 1792
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Patellida
- Lottiidae
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Acmaea pustulata
(Helbling 1779)
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60 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Patellida
- Acmaeidae
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Acmaea ? antillarum
(Sowerby 1834)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Cittarium pica
(Linnaeus 1758)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Tegulidae
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Tegula fasciata
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Astraea caelata
(Gmelin 1791)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Astraea tecta
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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Diodora ? cayenensis
(Lamarck 1822)
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Diodora listeri
(d'Orbigny 1842)
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25 specimens | |||||||||
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Diodora ? minuta
(Lamarck 1822)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Fissurella barbadensis
(Gmelin 1791)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Neritina punctulata
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Neritina virginea
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Nerita sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Nerita versicolor
Gmelin 1791
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Nerita tessellata
Gmelin 1791
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Modulidae
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Modulus modulus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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13 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithium sp.
Bruguière 1789
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Cerithium ? eburneum
Bruguière 1792
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Cerithium algicola
Adams 1845
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92 specimens | |||||||||
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Cerithium ? litteratum
(Born 1778)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Cerithium guinaicum
Philippi 1849
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Hipponicidae
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Cheilea equestris
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Hipponix antiquatus
(Linnaeus 1767)
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33 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Littorinidae
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Littorina ? nebulosa
(Lamarck 1822)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Cymatium sp.
Röding 1798
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Cymatium ? parthenopeum
(von Salis Marschlins 1793)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Cymatium pileare
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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? Cymatium nicobaricum
(Röding 1798)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| juvenile | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bursidae
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Bursa cubaniana
(d'Orbigny 1841)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| juvenile | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea cinerea
(Martini 1769)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Cypraea zebra
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| juvenile | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus gigas
Linnaeus 1758
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36 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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? Melongena melongena
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Columbella mercatoria
(Linnaeus 1758)
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81 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Latirus ? brevicaudatus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Leucozonia nassa
(Gmelin 1791)
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17 specimens | |||||||||
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Fasciolaria tulipa
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Engoniophos ? unicinctus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Hyalina avena
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Harpidae
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Morum oniscus
(Linnaeaus 1767)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Mitra barbadensis
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mangeliidae
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? Mangelia quadrilineata
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Petaloconchus irregularis
(d'Orbigny 1841)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Petaloconchus erectus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Petaloconchus mcgintyi
(Olsson and Harbison 1953)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Serpulorbis ? riisei
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Serpulorbis decussata
(Gmelin 1791)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Rissoidae
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Rissoina ? aberrans
(Adams 1850)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices lacetus
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Caecidae
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Caecum ? insularum
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Caecum pulchellum
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657 specimens | |||||||||
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Caecum plicatum
Carpenter 1858
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pyramidellidae
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Odostomia sp.
Fleming 1817
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| or Pyramidella sp. | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Heliacus infundibuliformis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium (Antalis) cf. antillarum
d'Orbigny 1847
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Dentalium (Graptacme) semistriolatum
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima scabra
(Born 1778)
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostreola equestris
(Say 1834)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Malleidae
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Isognomon sp.
Lightfoot 1786
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Isognomon ? alatus
(Gmelin 1791)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Isognomon radiatus
(Anton 1838)
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arcidae indet.
Lamarck 1809
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72 specimens | |||||||||
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Barbatia tenera
(Reeve 1844)
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61 specimens | |||||||||
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Barbatia candida
(Helbling 1779)
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62 specimens | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Barbatia ? cancellaria
Lamarck 1819
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca imbricata
Bruguière 1789
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157 specimens | |||||||||
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Arca ? zebra
(Swainson 1833)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Anadara sp.
Gray 1847
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Brachidontes exustus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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? Botula fusca
(Gmelin 1791)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Lithophaga ? nigra
(d'Orbigny 1845)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Periglypta listeri
(Gray 1838)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Chione cancellata
(Linnaeus 1767)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
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? Mactracea indet.
Lamarck 1809
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Pseudochama media
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Chama ? macerophylla
Gmelin 1791
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35 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Americardia guppyi
(Thiele 1910)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Americardia media
(Linnaeaus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
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? Tellinacea sp.
Blainville 1814
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellinidae indet.
Blainville 1814
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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? Macoma sp.
Leach 1819
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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? Macoma pseudomera
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Arcopagia fausta
(Pulteney 1799)
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69 specimens | |||||||||
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Tellina cf. mera
Say 1834
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Tellina listeri
Röding 1798
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Thraciida
- Periplomatidae
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? Periploma papyratium
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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? Lucinidae indet.
Fleming 1828
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| may be Pectinacean | ||||||||||
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? Codakia sp.
Scopoli 1777
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Codakia orbicularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Codakia ? orbiculata
(Montagu 1808)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Jamaica |
| Coordinates: | 18.5° North, 77.5° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 18.5° North, 77.5° West |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.129 - 0.0117 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Coastal | Formation: | Falmouth | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Falmouth Fm, which unconformably overlies the Hope Gate Fm. THICKNESS: Sample collected from 2-4 m of section of unknown thickness. AGE: Late Pleistocene, last interglacial, Sangamonian, ~125,000 yrs bp. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Immediately above the hardground surface of the unconformable contact with the Hope Gate Fm. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified sandy,calcareous "reef rocks" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: From coral-packed facies with a friable, weakly cemented carbonate sand matrix. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, based on facies description and figured outcrop photos | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
| Glacial or sequence phase: | interglacial |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Interpreted as eitrher patch reef in the back reef lagoon or shallow fore reef. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite,original calcite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | difficult macrofossils | ||
| Collection methods: | bulk,surface (in situ),sieve,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Donovan & Littlewood | Collection dates: | 1988-1990 |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Donovan and Littlewood. REPOSITORY: Not stated, but presumably the University of the West Indies. | |||
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia, and scaphopoda. Other groups present, but not listed. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with relatively modern nomenclature and species-resolution determination. Identified using Abbott (1954, 1958, 1974); de Jong and Coomans (1988), Fischer (1988), Humfrey (1975), Morris (1975), Vaught (1989), and Warmke and Abbott (1961). | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Loc. 7 (Liddle et al. (1984); Loc. 3 (Donovan & Gordon, 1989) | ||
| Database number: | 80407 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-04-20 10:22:18 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-04-20 10:22:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27055. | S. K. Donovan and D. T. J. Littlewood. 1993. The benthic mollusk faunas of two contrasting reef paleosubenvironments: Falmouth Formation (late Pleistocene, last interglacial), Jamaica. The Nautilus 107(1):33-42 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |