Central Inlier, unknown locality: Maastrichtian, Jamaica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Hippuritida
- Radiolitidae
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Geography
| Country: | Jamaica |
| Coordinates: | 18.2° North, 77.3° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
| 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: | Yankee River |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: Bioclastic lmestone | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 211439 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-07-18 03:10:16 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-07-18 03:10:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 73077. | S. K. Donovan and E. R. Davis-Strickland. 1993. A possible lepadomorph barnacle from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of Jamaica, West Indies. Journal of Paleontology 67:158-159 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |