J4, San San Bay, Parish of Portland: Calabrian, Jamaica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Cancellothyrididae
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Crinoidea
- Isocrinida
- Isselicrinidae
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Cenocrinus asterius
(Linne 1767)
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Donovan et al. 1993 | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Jamaica |
| Coordinates: | 18.2° North, 76.4° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Calabrian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Calabrian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 1.8 - 0.774 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Coastal | Formation: | Manchioneal | Member: | Navy Island |
| Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Navy Island Mbr of the Manchioneal Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Early Pleistocene (Calabrian), on the basis of foraminiferal biostratigraphyl Foraminiferal Biozone N22 (Banner & Blow, 1965). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies description. | |
| Environment: | perireef or subreef |
| Geology comments: interpreted as fore reef deposits | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Not stated in text, but possibly S. Donovan. REPOSITORY: BMNH. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to echinoderms and brachiopods described in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 3241 | ||
| Database number: | 82760 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling, A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Girndt, A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-08-01 08:54:54 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2010-08-01 08:54:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27828. | D. A. T. Harper and S. K. Donovan. 2007. Fossil brachiopods from the Pleistocene of the Antilles. Scripta Geologica 135:213-239 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt] |
Secondary references:
| 30678 | S. K. Donovan, C. M. Gordon, C. J. Veltkamp and A. D. Scott. 1993. Crinoid, asteroids, and ophiuroids in the Jamaican fossil record. Geological Society of America Memoir 182:125-130 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |