Blue Mountain Peak (Cretaceous of Jamaica)

Where: Jamaica (18.1° N, 76.6° W: paleocoordinates 18.4° N, 71.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous mudstone

• hard calcareous blue concretionary mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. W. Wells. 1934. Some fossil corals from the West Indies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 83(2975):71-110 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88526: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.04.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
"Trochocyathus matleyi n. sp." = Trochocyathus mitratus
"Trochocyathus matleyi n. sp." = Trochocyathus mitratus Goldfuss 1826 stony coral