Port Morant Harbour locality Qu3: Tarantian, Jamaica
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Callichiridae
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Neocallichirus peraensis
Collins et al. 1997
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Glypturus acanthochirus
Stimpson 1866
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Diogenidae
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Petrochirus bahamensis
(Herbst 1791)
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Raninidae
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Raninoides louisianensis
Rathbun 1933
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Gecarcinidae
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Cardisoma guanhumi
Latreille 1828
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Pilumnidae
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Pilumnus sp.
Leach 1816
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Eriphiidae
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Eriphia gonagra
(Fabricius 1781)
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Calappidae
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Calappa springeri
Rathbun 1931
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Majidae
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Mithrax sp.
Latreille 1817
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Mithrax hispidus
(Herbst 1790)
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Mithrax verrucosus
Milne-Edwards 1832
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Epialtidae
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Pitho anisodon
(Von Martens 1872)
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Leucosiidae
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Persephona punctata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Carpiliidae
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Carpilius corallinus
(Herbst 1783)
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Aethridae
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Hepatus praecox
Collins et al. 1997
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Pseudorhombilidae
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Nanoplax xanthiformis
(Milne-Edwards 1880)
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Panopeidae
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Panopeus sp.
Milne Edwards 1834
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Panopeus rugosus
Milne-Edwards 1880
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Eurypanopeus sp.
Milne-Edwards 1880
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Eurytium sp.
Stimpson 1862
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Hexapanopeus sp.
Rathbun 1898
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Portunidae
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Callinectes sp.
Stimpson 1860
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Geography
| Country: | Jamaica | County: | St Thomas |
| Coordinates: | 17.9° North, 76.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.9° North, 76.3° West |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tarantian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.129 - 0.0117 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 132 ± 7 Ka (ESR) |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Coastal | Formation: | Port Morant | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: Mitchell et al. (2000) obtained electron spin resonance measurements from corals in the Port Morant Formation at this site that indicate deposition was during latest Oxygen Isotope Stage 6 to, probably, earliest Oxygen Isotope Stage 5e, that is, last interglacial. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | pebbly conglomerate |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 224549 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Wolfe | Enterer: | J. Wolfe |
| Created: | 2022-03-18 12:22:51 | Last modified: | 2022-03-18 12:22:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-03-18 12:22:51 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 80808. | S. K. Donovan. 2010. A field guide to the Cretaceous and Cenozoic fossil decapod crustacean localities of Jamaica. Caribbean Journal of Science 46(1):39-53 [J. Wolfe/J. Wolfe] |