Discovery Bay, Jamaica: Pliocene - Pleistocene, Jamaica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea cylindrica (Duncan 1863)
Montastrea cavernosa (Linne 1767)
Montastrea cavernosa-2
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora palmata (Lamarck 1816)
Acropora cervicornis (Lamarck 1816)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora minor Duncan 1863
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae
Manicina sp. Ehrenberg 1834
Manicina sp. C
Manicina mayori Wells 1936
Diploria strigosa (Dana 1846)
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn 1772)
Mycetophyllia lamarckiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Scolymia lacera (Pallas 1766)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Meandrina meandrites (Linnaeus 1758)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Montastrea franksi Gregory 1895
Montastrea faveolata (Ellis and Solander 1786)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Agaricia undata (Ellis and Solander 1786)
Agaricia lamarcki Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Undaria agaricites (Linnaeus 1758)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea siderea (Ellis and Solander 1786)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites furcata Lamarck 1816
Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Cavoliniidae
Diacria trispinosa (de Blainville 1821)
Donovan et al. 2019
see common names

Geography
Country:Jamaica
Coordinates: 18.5° North, 77.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Neogene - Quaternary Epoch: Pliocene - Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Pliocene - Pleistocene
Age range of interval: 5.333 - 0.0117 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Hope Gate
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Latest Pliocene to earliest Pleistocene
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: No details available
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Bioerosion:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: Corals only
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3242
Database number:34543
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling, M. Krause
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-09-08 08:28:58 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2003-09-08 08:28:58
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
9119.1% 1700A. F. Budd and D. F. McNeill. 1998. Zooxanthellate scleractinian corals of the Bowden shell bed, Southeast Jamaica. Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 35(1-4):47-62 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]

Secondary references:

68891 S. K. Donovan, A. W. Janssen, R. W. Portell and A. J. De Winter. 2019. A holoplanktic gastropod in a raised reef: Hopegate Formation, Jamaica (upper Pliocene). Paläontologische Zeitschrift [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/P. Wagner]