Loc. 1 - Rio Bueno Harbour [Falmouth Fm] (Pleistocene of Jamaica)

Also known as Loc. 7 (Liddle et al. (1984); Loc. 3 (Donovan & Gordon, 1989)

Where: Jamaica (18.5° N, 77.5° W: paleocoordinates 18.5° N, 77.5° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Falmouth Formation (Coastal Group), Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Falmouth Fm, which unconformably overlies the Hope Gate Fm. THICKNESS: Sample collected from 2-4 m of section of unknown thickness. AGE: Late Pleistocene, last interglacial, Sangamonian, ~125,000 yrs bp. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Immediately above the hardground surface of the unconformable contact with the Hope Gate Fm.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; poorly lithified, sandy, calcareous reef rocks

• ENVIRONMENT: Interpreted as eitrher patch reef in the back reef lagoon or shallow fore reef.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: From coral-packed facies with a friable, weakly cemented carbonate sand matrix. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, based on facies description and figured outcrop photos

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Collected by Donovan & Littlewood in 1988-1990

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), sieve,

• COLLECTORS: Donovan and Littlewood. REPOSITORY: Not stated, but presumably the University of the West Indies.

Primary reference: S. K. Donovan and D. T. J. Littlewood. 1993. The benthic mollusk faunas of two contrasting reef paleosubenvironments: Falmouth Formation (late Pleistocene, last interglacial), Jamaica. The Nautilus 107(1):33-42 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80407: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 20.04.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia, and scaphopoda. Other groups present, but not listed. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with relatively modern nomenclature and species-resolution determination. Identified using Abbott (1954, 1958, 1974); de Jong and Coomans (1988), Fischer (1988), Humfrey (1975), Morris (1975), Vaught (1989), and Warmke and Abbott (1961).
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Astraea caelata" = Lithopoma caelatum, Astraea tecta
"Astraea caelata" = Lithopoma caelatum Gmelin 1791 snail
based on opeculum
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Cittarium pica Linnaeus 1758 top snail
 Trochoidea - Tegulidae
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora ? minuta Lamarck 1822 snail
Diodora ? cayenensis Lamarck 1822 snail
Diodora listeri d'Orbigny 1842 snail
Fissurella barbadensis Gmelin 1791 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
Cerithium ? litteratum Born 1778 cerith snail
Cerithium guinaicum Philippi 1849 cerith snail
"Cerithium ? eburneum" = Cerithium eburneum Bruguière 1792 cerith snail
"Cerithium algicola" = Cerithium eburneum Bruguière 1792 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Modulidae
Modulus modulus Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus gigas" = Lobatus gigas
"Strombus gigas" = Lobatus gigas Linnaeus 1758 true conch
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra barbadensis mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria tulipa Linnaeus 1758 tulip snail
Leucozonia nassa Gmelin 1791 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbella mercatoria Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
? Melongena melongena Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
"? Mangelia quadrilineata" = Cythara (Mangelia)
"? Mangelia quadrilineata" = Cythara (Mangelia) snail
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Hyalina avena margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Harpidae
"Morum oniscus" = Morum (Morum) oniscus
"Morum oniscus" = Morum (Morum) oniscus Linnaeaus 1767 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Cymatium ? parthenopeum" = Monoplex parthenopeus, "? Cymatium nicobaricum" = Monoplex nicobaricus, "Cymatium pileare" = Monoplex pilearis, Cymatium sp.
"Cymatium ? parthenopeum" = Monoplex parthenopeus von Salis Marschlins 1793 triton shell
"? Cymatium nicobaricum" = Monoplex nicobaricus Röding 1798 triton shell
juvenile
"Cymatium pileare" = Monoplex pilearis Linnaeus 1758 triton shell
juvenile
Cymatium sp. Röding 1798 triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Bursidae
"Bursa cubaniana" = Bursa granularis
"Bursa cubaniana" = Bursa granularis Röding 1798 frog shell
juvenile
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea cinerea" = Cypraea (Luria) cinerea, "Cypraea zebra" = Macrocypraea zebra
"Cypraea cinerea" = Cypraea (Luria) cinerea Martini 1769 cowry
"Cypraea zebra" = Macrocypraea zebra Linnaeus 1758 cowry
juvenile
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
"Littorina ? nebulosa" = Littoraria nebulosa
"Littorina ? nebulosa" = Littoraria nebulosa Lamarck 1822 periwinkle
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
"Rissoina ? aberrans" = Stosicia aberrans
"Rissoina ? aberrans" = Stosicia aberrans Adams 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
"Serpulorbis decussata" = Serpulorbis decussatus Gmelin 1791 worm shell
"Petaloconchus irregularis" = Dendropoma irregulare d'Orbigny 1841 worm shell
Petaloconchus mcgintyi Olsson and Harbison 1953 worm shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
Hipponix antiquatus Linnaeus 1767 hoof shell
Cheilea equestris Linnaeus 1758 hoof shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Caecidae
Caecum plicatum Carpenter 1858 snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817 snail
or Pyramidella sp.
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla striata Bruguiére 1792 snail
 Patellida - Acmaeidae
"Acmaea ? antillarum" = Tectura antillarum
"Acmaea ? antillarum" = Tectura antillarum Sowerby 1834 limpet
 Patellida - Lottiidae
"Acmaea pustulata" = Patelloida pustulata
"Acmaea pustulata" = Patelloida pustulata Helbling 1779 limpet
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Nerita sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail
Nerita tessellata Gmelin 1791 snail
Nerita versicolor Gmelin 1791 snail
Neritina virginea Linnaeus 1758 snail
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arcidae indet. Lamarck 1809 clam
Barbatia candida Helbling 1779 clam
Anadara sp. Gray 1847 ark
"Barbatia tenera" = Fugleria tenera Reeve 1844 Delicate Ark
"Arca imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata Bruguière 1789 clam
Arca ? zebra Swainson 1833 ark
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima scabra" = Ctenoides (Ctenoides) scabra Born 1778 file clam
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786 oyster
Isognomon radiatus Anton 1838 oyster
Isognomon ? alatus Gmelin 1791 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostreola equestris" = Ostrea equestris
"Ostreola equestris" = Ostrea equestris Say 1834 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes exustus Linnaeus 1758 mussel
? Botula fusca Gmelin 1791 mussel
Lithophaga ? nigra d'Orbigny 1845 mussel
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
? Lucinidae indet., ? Codakia sp., "Codakia orbicularis" = Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis, "Codakia ? orbiculata" = Ctena orbiculata
? Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828 clam
may be Pectinacean
? Codakia sp. Scopoli 1777 clam
"Codakia orbicularis" = Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 clam
"Codakia ? orbiculata" = Ctena orbiculata Montagu 1808 clam
 Thraciida - Periplomatidae
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama ? macerophylla Gmelin 1791 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Periglypta listeri Gray 1838 venus clam
Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
 Cardiida -
"? Mactracea indet." = Mactroidea
"? Mactracea indet." = Mactroidea Lamarck 1809 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Americardia media Linnaeaus 1758 cockle
Americardia guppyi Thiele 1910 cockle
 Cardiida -
"? Tellinacea sp." = Tellinoidea
"? Tellinacea sp." = Tellinoidea Blainville 1814 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam
"Tellina cf. mera" = Angulus merus Say 1834 tellin clam
"Tellina listeri" = Tellina (Tellinella) listeri Röding 1798 tellin clam
Arcopagia fausta Pulteney 1799 tellin clam
? Macoma sp. Leach 1819 tellin clam
? Macoma pseudomera tellin clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium (Graptacme) semistriolatum, "Dentalium (Antalis) cf. antillarum" = Antalis antillarum
"Dentalium (Antalis) cf. antillarum" = Antalis antillarum d'Orbigny 1847 tusk shell