Stoney Hill [Troy Limestone]: Late Eocene, Jamaica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae
Aturia sp. Bronn 1838
Jung 1972
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Jung 1972
Fimbria cf. jamaicensis (Trechmann 1923)
Jung 1972
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Fragum sp. Ršding 1798
Jung 1972
Sawkinsia matleyi n. sp. Cox 1941
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Velates sp. Montfort 1810
Jung 1972
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Bullidae
Jung 1972
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
Jung 1972
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Dirocerithium sp. Woodring and Stenzel 1959
Jung 1972
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Jung 1972
Gastropoda - Campanilidae
Campanile sp. Fischer 1884
Jung 1972
see common names

Geography
Country:Jamaica County:Saint Andrew
Coordinates: 18.1° North, 76.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Priabonian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 3
Key time interval: Late Eocene
Age range of interval: 37.71 - 33.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:White Limestone Formation:Troy Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Claremont Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Late Eocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation. LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Formely placed in the Claremont Fm. Replaced by Troy Limestone in Stevens (2004).
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:surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BMNH
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Multiple collectors. REPOSITORY: Various repositories, including NHM, Basel and the BMNH, London.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropods and bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Not and authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquated nomenclature and few species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:60966
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-05-28 13:45:10 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2006-05-28 13:45:10
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]

Secondary references:

36512 P. Jung. 1972. Mollusks from the White Limestone Group of Jamaica. Memorias de la VI Conferencia Geologica del Caribe - Margarita, Venezuela 465-468 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]