Moneague-Goshen Rd, St Ann's Parish [Moneague Fm]: Early Oligocene, Jamaica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Sawkinsia matleyi n. sp. Cox 1941
see common names

Geography
Country:Jamaica County:Saint Ann
Coordinates: 18.3° North, 77.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Oligocene
Stage: Rupelian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 4
Key time interval: Early Oligocene
Age range of interval: 33.9 - 27.3 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:White Limestone Formation:Moneague
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: The White Limestone covers more than half the island and is over 2,000 ft thick. Its large foraminifera suggest an age of Late Eocene to Early Miocene. AGE: Oligocene, according to Stevens (2004); placed by enterer in Early Oligocene on the basis of stratigraphic position.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Evenly-bedded, bioclastic, limestones, rich in mollusca.
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: No environmental reported.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:cast,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BMNH
Collection method comments: Collected by C.A. Matley (1924), Trechmann (1939) and Stockley. Collections reposited in the BMNH.
Taxonomic list comments:Probably not exhaustive due to the poor preservation of the fauna and its limited investigation. Many specimens collected from this unit are so imperfectly preserved that the author states it is still "premature to attempt a monographic description of the fauna as a whole".
Metadata
Database number:60958
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-05-28 13:23:51 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2006-05-28 13:23:51
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
17559. L. R. Cox. 1941. Lamellibranchs from the White Limestone of Jamaica. Proceedings of the Malacological Society 24(4):135-144 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]