near the village of August Town, August Town Fm: Late Miocene - Late Pliocene, Jamaica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Globothalamea - Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Gypsina sp. Carter 1877
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Soritidae
Amphisorus sp. Ehrenberg 1839
Anthozoa - Scleractinia
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Placocyathus sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Echinoidea
unclassified
see common names

Geography
Country:Jamaica
Coordinates: 18.0° North, 76.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene - Pliocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Miocene - Late Pliocene
Age range of interval: 11.63 - 2.58 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:August Town
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:yellow sandy "limestone"
Secondary lithology: calcareous breccia
Lithology description: yellow, sandy or marly limestone with calcareous breccias and conglomerates
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:146171
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-06-17 21:48:41 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2013-09-17 21:48:41
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
47221. S. A. James-Williamson and S. F. Mitchell. 2012. Revised lithostratigraphy of the Coastal Group of south-eastern St. Thomas, Jamaica. Caribbean Journal of Earth Science 44:9-17 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]