Navy Island [Navy Island Mbr, Manchioneal Fm]: Gelasian, Jamaica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora cervicornis (Lamarck 1816)
Acropora palmata (Lamarck 1816)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Madracis mirabilis (Duchassaing and Michelotti 1860)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Manicina mayori Wells 1936
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn 1772)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Montastrea annularis (Ellis and Solander 1876)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
    = Eusmilia fastigiata Pallas 1766
Kiessling et al. 2011
Meandrina meandrites (Linnaeus 1758)
Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Dichocoenia stellaris Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea cavernosa (Linne 1767)
Montastrea cavernosa-2
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites porites (Pallas 1766)
Porites furcata Lamarck 1816
Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea siderea (Ellis and Solander 1786)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Undaria agaricites (Linnaeus 1758)
Agaricia lamarcki Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
see common names

Geography
Country:Jamaica
Coordinates: 18.2° North, 76.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
Stage: Gelasian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Gelasian
Age range of interval: 2.58 - 1.8 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Coastal Formation:Manchioneal Member:Navy Island
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: 1.95 to 1.8 Ma previously assigned to the Late Pliocene, now Early Pleistocene
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: No details available
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Bioerosion:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: Corals only
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3240
Database number:34541
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling, U. Merkel
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-09-08 08:23:36 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2003-09-08 08:23:36
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
9119.1% 1700A. F. Budd and D. F. McNeill. 1998. Zooxanthellate scleractinian corals of the Bowden shell bed, Southeast Jamaica. Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 35(1-4):47-62 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]

Secondary references:

35169 W. Kiessling, C. Simpson, B. Beck and J. Pandolfi. 2011. Taxonomic vetting of Pleistocene coral occurrence data. [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]