"Carbonaceous Shale" [Richmond Fm]: Middle Eocene, Jamaica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Geography
| Country: | Jamaica |
| Coordinates: | 18.4° North, 76.9° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 48.07 - 37.71 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Richmond | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Richmond Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed in text. Referred to "Carbonaceous Shale" in text. AGE: Paleocene-Eocene in Pickerall et al (1992); early Middle Eocene in Woodring. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Shale. LITHIFICATION: Unknown. | |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera,some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Unknown. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to taxa miscellaneously mentioned in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 96452 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-06-08 10:27:34 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2011-06-08 10:27:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11372. | W. P. Woodring. 1959. Geology and paleontology of Canal Zone and adjoining parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Vermetidae to Thaididae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(B):147-239 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 36488 | E. Robinson. 1994. Jamaica. In S. K. Donovan, T. A. Jackson (eds.), Caribbean Geology: An Introduction 111-127 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |