Grantham section, Rhythm B2, upper part, bed 2: Maastrichtian, Jamaica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Antillocaprinidae
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Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Radiolitidae
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Geography
| Country: | Jamaica | State/province: | Clarendon Parish |
| 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 | ||||
| Regional order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper Campanian? | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | floatstone |
| Secondary lithology: | lime mudstone |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 163006 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | A. Lauchstedt |
| Created: | 2014-10-09 04:01:17 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2015-01-09 04:01:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 53058. | S. F. Mitchell. 2002. Palaeoecology of corals and rudists in mixed volcaniclastic carbonate small-scale rhythms (Upper Cretaceous, Jamaica). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 186:237-259 [W. Kiessling/A. Lauchstedt] |