Crab Hill Point [Troy Limestone]: Late Eocene, Jamaica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Glossidae
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Meiocardia sp.
Adams and A 1857
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Velates sp.
Montfort 1810
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Sinum sp.
Röding 1798
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Semicassis sp.
Mörch 1852
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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Xenophora sp.
Fischer von Waldheim 1807
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Terebellum sp.
Röding 1798
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Gastropoda
- Capulidae
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Capulus sp.
Monfort 1810
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Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Ampullina sp.
Férussac 1822
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Geography
| Country: | Jamaica |
| Coordinates: | 18.2° North, 76.5° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| Key time interval: | Late Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.71 - 33.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | White Limestone | Formation: | Troy Limestone | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Claremont FM, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Late Eocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation. LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Formely placed in the Claremont Fm. Replaced by Troy Limestone in Stevens (2004). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified not reported |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, assumed on the basis of figured specimens. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Carbonate. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Multiple collectors. REPOSITORY: Various repositories, including NHM, Basel and the BMNH, London. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropods and bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Not and authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquated nomenclature and few species-resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 111544 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-06-25 06:03:20 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2012-06-25 06:03:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 36512. | P. Jung. 1972. Mollusks from the White Limestone Group of Jamaica. Memorias de la VI Conferencia Geologica del Caribe - Margarita, Venezuela 465-468 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner] |