Where: Jamaica (18.3° N, 77.9° W: paleocoordinates 16.8° N, 77.3° W)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Guys Hill Member (Chapelton Formation), Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• said to be "late early to early middle Eocene"
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; calcareous sandstone and siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: not clear if invertebrates were collected
Primary reference: D. P. Domning, R. J. Emry, R. W. Portell, S. K. Donovan, and K. S. Schindler. 1997. Oldest West Indian land mammal: rhinocerotoid ungulate from the Eocene of Jamaica. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(4):638-641 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 5241: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 03.09.1999, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Crustacea | |
Crustacea indet.2 Brünnich 1772 | |
unclassified | |
Mollusca indet.2 Linnaeus 1758 | |
Gastropoda | |
Velates sp. Montfort 1810 snail | |
Campanile sp. Fischer 1884 snail | |
Terebellum sp. Röding 1798 true conch | |
Eovasum sp. Douvillé 1920 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
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Gnathostomata | |
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Mammalia | |
Pezosiren portelli n. gen. n. sp.1
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"Hyrachyus aff. affinis" = Hyrachyus modestus2
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Reptilia | |
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Asteroidea | |
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Echinoidea | |
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unclassified | |
Plantae indet.2 Haeckel 1866 | |
Foraminifera | |
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera2
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