Where: Jamaica (18.5° N, 77.4° W: paleocoordinates 18.5° N, 77.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• basin-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. AGE: Late Pleistocene, last interglacial, Sangamonian, ~125,000 yrs bp. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: General collection for formation.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, fine-grained limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: Includes: Donovan. REPOSITORY: Includes: University of the West Indies.
Primary reference: P. M. Kier. 1992. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic. 13. The Class Echinoidea (Echinodermata). Bulletins of American Paleontology 102(339):13-28 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 90592: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 09.08.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Eucidaris tribuloides pencil urchin | |
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Spatangoida indet. Agassiz 1840 heart urchin | |
Echinometra lucunter Linnaeus 1758 sea urchin | |
? Lytechinus sp. Agassiz 1863 sea urchin | |
? Tripneustes sp. Agassiz 1841 sea urchin |