St. Ann Inlier, parish of St. Ann (Cretaceous to of Jamaica)

Where: Jamaica (18.3° N, 77.3° W: paleocoordinates 19.7° N, 65.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Santonian to Late/Upper Santonian (85.8 - 70.6 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From an unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Late Santonian-Early Campanian according to Donovan (1993);Upper Cretaceous according to Donovan et al. (1993). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Unknown, can't be determined from figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

• COLLECTOR: Not stated in text. REPOSITORY: USNM.

Primary reference: S. K. Donovan. 1993. Jamaican Cretaceous Echinoidea. Geological Society of America Memoir 182:93-103 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 73146: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.06.2007, edited by Austin Hendy

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to echinoderms described in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclatures, but lacking some species-resolution identifications due to preservation.
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Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
? Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris) "sp. B"
 Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Goniopygus supremus
Crinoidea
 Comatulida -
Comatulidia indet.
Comatulidia indet. Clark Feather star