Grantham, A Beds: Maastrichtian, Jamaica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Antillocaprinidae
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Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Radiolitidae
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Geography
| Country: | Jamaica | State/province: | Clarendon |
| Coordinates: | 18.2° North, 77.4° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | |||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.2 - 66 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Guinea Corn | Member: | A Beds | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: beds 6-11 of the "A Beds" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified mudstone |
| Lithology description: volcaniclastic mudstones and impure (clayey and silty) limestones | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 84790 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-11-11 06:57:46 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2010-01-08 10:39:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28449. | S. F. Mitchell, G. C. Gunter, and R. Ramsook. 2007. Paleoecology of the Maastrichtian rudist Biradiolites in Jamaica. In R. W. Scott (ed.), Cretaceous rudists and carbonate platforms: environmental feedback, SEPM Special Publication 87:81-94 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |