Manchester Plateau, Manchester parish [Newport Lmst, Moneague Fm]: Late Oligocene, Jamaica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
- Helioporacea
- Helioporidae
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Agathiphylliidae
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Montastraeidae
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Montastrea endothecata
(Duncan 1863)
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Montastrea trinitatis
(Vaughan 1926)
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Montastrea cylindrica
(Duncan 1863)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Acroporidae
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Astrocoeniidae
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Astrocoenia incrustans
(Duncan 1863)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Pocilloporidae
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Stylophora minor
Duncan 1863
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Stylophora willoughbyi
Wells 1945
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Oculinidae
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Mussidae
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Rhizangiidae
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Merulinidae
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Caulastrea portoricensis
(Coryell 1929)
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Antiguastrea cellulosa
(Duncan 1863)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Faviidae
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Solenastrea bournoni
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Diploastraeidae
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Diploastrea crassolamellata
(Duncan 1863)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Agariciidae
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Leptoseris walli
Vaughan 1926
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Siderastreidae
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Siderastrea conferta
(Duncan 1863)
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Poritidae
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Porites waylandi
Foster 1986
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Porites trinitatis
Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1926
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Anthozoa
- Scleractinia
- Actinacididae
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Hydrozoa
- Milleporina
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Geography
| Country: | Jamaica |
| Coordinates: | 18.0° North, 77.4° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Late Oligocene | Foram zone: | Amphistorites matleyi |
| Age range of interval: | 27.3 - 23.04 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | White Limestone | Formation: | Moneague | Member: | Newport Limestone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: TEXT: Latest Oligocene; that part of the Moneague Formation that have previously been mapped as part of the Early Miocene Newport Formation. AGE: Early Miocene, according to Stevens (2004) on the basis of foraminiferal biostratigraphy. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: scattered coral rudstones, floatstones and framestones; biostromes or patch-reefs | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 2869 | ||
| Database number: | 69725 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-03-05 02:18:17 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-03-05 02:18:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 23393. | T. A. Stemann. 2003. Reef corals of the White Limestone Group of Jamaica. Cainozoic Research 3(1-2):83-107 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |