Between Boozy Ridge and Cooper (Cretaceous of Jamaica)

Where: Saint Catherine, Jamaica (18.2° N, 77.0° W: paleocoordinates 8.0° N, 55.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Benbow Limestone Member (Devils Racecourse Formation), Early/Lower Aptian (125.5 - 122.5 Ma)

• Benbow Limestone Member, Devils Racecourse Formation (Burke et al., 1968), Benbow Inlier. Lower Cretaceous, lower Aptian (Robinson, 1994, fig. 6.4).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: S. K. Donovan, C. V. Milsom, and C. J. Veltkamp. 1996. Jamaican Cretaceous Crinoidea. Journal of Paleontology 70(5):866-871 [M. Clapham/M. Trodden/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 213407: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Mia Trodden on 31.08.2020, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
 Millericrinida - Apiocrinitidae
Apiocrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Austinocrinus n. sp. in Donovan et al., 1994