Also known as Reef 3815
Where: Saint Thomas, Jamaica (17.9° N, 76.3° W: paleocoordinates 17.9° N, 76.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Port Morant Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• 132 +/- 7 kyr, isotope substage 5e
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; framestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Fossils are deposited in the Geology Museum, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica (numbers preceded by UWI GM)
Primary reference: S. F. Mitchell, R. K. Pickerill, and T. A. Stemann. 2001. The Port Morant Formation (Upper Pleistocene, Jamaica): high resolution sedimentology and paleoenvironmental analysis of a mixed carbonate clastic lagoonal succession. Sedimentary Geology 144:291-306 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 82858: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 03.08.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Strombus gigas" = Lobatus gigas
"Strombus gigas" = Lobatus gigas Linnaeus 1758 true conch | |
Anthozoa | |
Montastraea faveolata Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Montastrea cavernosa Linne 1767 stony coral | |
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"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis
"Montastrea annularis" = Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876 stony coral | |
Favia fragum Esper 1795 stony coral | |
Dichocoenia stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Meandrina sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
Eusmilia fastigiata Pallas 1766 stony coral | |
Mycetophyllia ferox, Mycetophyllia lamarckiana, Mussa angulosa, Scolymia cubensis, Manicina areolata, "Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa, Colpophyllia natans, Diploria labyrinthiformis
Mycetophyllia ferox Wells 1973 stony coral
Mycetophyllia lamarckiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Mussa angulosa Pallas 1766 stony coral
Scolymia cubensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Manicina areolata Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
"Diploria strigosa" = Pseudodiploria strigosa Dana 1846 stony coral
Colpophyllia natans Houttuyn 1772 stony coral
Diploria labyrinthiformis Linnaeus 1758 stony coral | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Porites furcata Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Porites astreoides Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Porites divaricata Lesueur 1820 stony coral | |
Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786 stony coral
Siderastrea radians Pallas 1766 stony coral | |
"Undaria agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites, "Undaria crassa" = Agaricia agaricites
"Undaria agaricites" = Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral
"Undaria crassa" = Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758 stony coral | |
Thalassinoides sp. Ehrenberg 1944 |