Rio Minho, Section 2, Unit B3, Bed B3b: Maastrichtian, Jamaica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Radiolitidae
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Distefanella sp.
Parona 1901
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Geography
| Country: | Jamaica | State/province: | Clarendon |
| Coordinates: | 18.2° North, 77.4° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | |||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.2 - 66 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Guinea Corn | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper Campanian? to Maastrichtian |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | siltstone |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 161331 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | A. Lauchstedt |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | ||
| Created: | 2014-09-04 08:51:29 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2014-12-04 08:51:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 52576. | S. F. Mitchell. 1999. Stratigraphy of the Guinea Corn Formation (Upper Cretaceous) at its type locality in the Rio Minho between Grantham and Guinea Corn, northern Clarendon, Jamaica. The Journal of the Geological Society of Jamaica 33:1-12 [W. Kiessling/A. Lauchstedt] |