Catadupa, Jamaica (Cretaceous to of Jamaica)

Where: Jamaica (18.3° N, 77.9° W: paleocoordinates 18.7° N, 72.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Maastrichtian to Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: R. Baron-szabo. 2002. pers. comm. [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27648: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 17.12.2002

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Taxonomic list

• Only corals included
Anthozoa
 Helioporacea -
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Astreopora perexigua stony coral
Questionable is from this locality
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Elephantaria lindstroemi Oppenheim 1930 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae
Gyrodendron boltonae Wells 1934 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
"Cyathoseris senessei" = Cyathoseris catadupensis
"Cyathoseris senessei" = Cyathoseris catadupensis Vaughan 1899 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
"Fungiastraea exigua" = Palaeosiderofungia exigua
"Fungiastraea exigua" = Palaeosiderofungia exigua Reuss 1854 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Dictuophyllia conferticostata Vaughan 1899 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae
"Cricocyathus grumi" = Pattalophyllia grumi
"Cricocyathus grumi" = Pattalophyllia grumi Catullo 1852 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
Barysmilia trechmanni Wells 1934 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agatheliidae
Multicolumnastraea cyathiformis Duncan 1865 stony coral