Rio Minho, Jamaica: Late Maastrichtian, Jamaica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Actinastreidae
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Actinastrea exigua
Alloiteau 1954
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Cladophylliidae
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Cladophyllia cf. furcifera
Roemer 1888
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Agatheliidae
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Multicolumnastraea cyathiformis
(Duncan 1865)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Meandrinidae
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Liptodendron nefiana
(Oppenheim 1930)
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Antiguastrea cellulosa
(Duncan 1863)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Calamophylliidae
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Siderastreidae
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Actinacididae
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Actinacis reussi
Oppenheim 1930
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Elephantaria lindstroemi
Oppenheim 1930
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Cyclolitidae
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Cunnolitidae
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? Cunnolites sp.
Gagnebin 1772
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Geography
| Country: | Jamaica |
| Coordinates: | 18.2° North, 77.4° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| *Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||
| *International age/stage: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | ||
| Key time interval: | Late Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.2 - 66 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Guinea Corn | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Age based on Sr isotopes (Steuber et al., 2002) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | open shallow subtidal |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | peel or thin section,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Only corals included | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 27649 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | W. Kiessling |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-12-17 06:40:05 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2007-12-17 06:40:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 7609. | R. Baron-szabo. 2002. pers. comm. [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling] |