Where: Jamaica (18.4° N, 77.8° W: paleocoordinates 16.9° N, 77.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Chapelton Formation (Yellow Limestone Group), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by N.F. Sohl; reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (float)
Primary reference: S. K. Donovan and G. Draper. 2001. Further fossil cephalopods from Jamaica. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 75:17-21 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 167483: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.03.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Cimomia cf. vaughani Gardner 1923 nautiloid |