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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Aturia sp. Bronn 1838 nautiloid | |
Gastropoda | |
Dirocerithium sp. Woodring and Stenzel 1959 cerith snail | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Campanile sp. Fischer 1884 snail | |
Bulla sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Velates sp. Montfort 1810 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Fragum sp., Sawkinsia matleyi n. sp.
Fragum sp. RÅ¡ding 1798 cockle
Sawkinsia matleyi n. sp. Cox 1941 cockle | |
Fimbria cf. jamaicensis, "Pseudomiltha megameris" = Superlucina megameris
Fimbria cf. jamaicensis Trechmann 1923 clam
"Pseudomiltha megameris" = Superlucina megameris Dall 1901 clam |