Duncans Quarry [Sign Fm (=Montpellier Fm)]: Early Miocene, Jamaica

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea cylindrica (Duncan 1863)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora minor Duncan 1863
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Solenastrea bournoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites waylandi Foster 1986
Osteichthyes
Underwood and Mitchell 2004
Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes
Squaliformes indet. Goodrich 1909
Underwood and Mitchell 2004
Chondrichthyes - Dalatiidae
Squaliolus sp. Smith and Radcliffe 1912
Underwood and Mitchell 2004
Underwood and Mitchell 2004
Chondrichthyes - Squalidae
Scymnodon aff. obscurus (Vaillant 1888)
Underwood and Mitchell 2004
Chondrichthyes - Centrophoridae
Deania sp. Jordan and Snyder 1902
Underwood and Mitchell 2004
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816
Underwood and Mitchell 2004
Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isselicrinidae
Diplocrinus sp. Doederlein 1912
Donovan et al. 1993
Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Neocrinus cf. decorus (Thompson 1864)
Donovan et al. 2005
Isocrinus sp. von Meyer 1836
Donovan et al. 2005
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
? Prionocidaris sp. Agassiz 1863
Donovan et al. 2005
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Rhabdocidaridae
Histocidaris sp. Mortensen 1903
Donovan et al. 2005
Echinoidea - Echinoneoida - Echinoneidae
Donovan et al. 2005
Echinoidea - Spatangoida
Donovan et al. 2005
Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Donovan et al. 2005
Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Echinometridae
Echinometra cf. lucunter (Linnaeus 1758)
Donovan et al. 2005
Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Donovan et al. 2005
unclassified
aff. Oichnus sp. Bromley 1981
Underwood and Mitchell 2004
Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiosphalmidae
Donovan et al. 2005
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Harper et al. 1997 1 individual
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Harper et al. 1997 1 individual
unclassified
Underwood and Mitchell 2004
see common names

Geography
Country:Jamaica
Coordinates: 18.5° North, 77.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Early Miocene
Age range of interval: 23.04 - 15.98 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:White Limestone Formation:Sign
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Sign Mbr [Fm in Donovan et al., 1993) Montpelier Fm of the White Limestone Gp. AGE: Early Miocene, on the basis of foraminiferal biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Found from beds throughout the quarry.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified floatstone
Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Allochthonous blocks of coral floatstones from a deep fore-reef habitat transported in the deeper-water sediments of the Montpelier Formation. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, based on figured specimens.
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Articulated whole bodies:some
Fragmentation:frequent
Spatial resolution:allochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:69729
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, A. Hendy, M. Uhen Enterer:U. Merkel, M. Uhen, A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-03-05 04:43:17 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-05 04:43:17
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
23393. T. A. Stemann. 2003. Reef corals of the White Limestone Group of Jamaica. Cainozoic Research 3(1-2):83-107 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

30678 S. K. Donovan, C. M. Gordon, C. J. Veltkamp and A. D. Scott. 1993. Crinoid, asteroids, and ophiuroids in the Jamaican fossil record. Geological Society of America Memoir 182:125-130 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
30652 S. K. Donovan, R. W. Portell, and C. J. Veltkamp. 2005. Lower Miocene echinoderms of Jamaica, West Indies. Scripta Geologica 129:91-135 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
34298 D. A. T. Harper, S. K. Donovan, and R. W. Portell. 1997. The Brachiopoda Tichosina and Terebratulina from the Miocene of Jamaica. Caribbean Journal of Science 33(1-2):117-119 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
77154 C. J. Underwood and S. F. Mitchell. 2004. Sharks, bony fishes and endodental borings from the Miocene Montpelier Formation (White Limestone Group) of Jamaica. Cainozoic Research 3:157-165 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]