loc. 60: Early Maastrichtian, Jamaica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonellidae
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Jamaica
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: Early Maastrichtian
Age range of interval: 72.2 - 66 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Guinea Corn
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Locality the same as loc. 59, but from a blue-gray shale 2 m above
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,blue "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:USGS Mesozoic Collection No. 30042
Database number:66293
Authorizer:P. Harries Enterer:P. Harries
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-10-06 09:33:25 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2006-10-06 09:33:23
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
18968. N. F. Sohl and H. A. Kollmann. 1985. Cretaceous Actaeonellid Gastropods from the Western Hemisphere. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1304:1-104 [P. Harries/P. Harries]