Where: Jamaica (18.1° N, 76.8° W: paleocoordinates 16.8° N, 76.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Troy Limestone Formation (White Limestone Group), Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Claremont Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Late Eocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation. LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: Formely placed in the Claremont Fm. Replaced by Troy Limestone in Stevens (2004).

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Reposited in the BMNH

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: Multiple collectors. REPOSITORY: Various repositories, including NHM, Basel and the BMNH, London.

Primary reference: L. R. Cox. 1941. Lamellibranchs from the White Limestone of Jamaica. Proceedings of the Malacological Society 24(4):135-144 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 60966: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.05.2006

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