PBDB Collection

Duncans Quarry [Sign Fm (=Montpellier Fm)]: Early/Lower Miocene, Jamaica

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

unclassified

	aff. Oichnus sp. Bromley 1981	Underwood and Mitchell 2004
Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae

	? Clypeaster sp. Lamarck 1801	Donovan et al. 2005
Echinoidea - Echinoneoida - Echinoneidae

	Echinoneus cyclostomus Leske 1778	Donovan et al. 2005
Echinoidea - Spatangoida

	Spatangoida indet. Agassiz 1840	Donovan et al. 2005
Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Echinometridae

	Echinometra cf. lucunter (Linnaeus 1758)	Donovan et al. 2005
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

	? Prionocidaris sp. Agassiz 1863	Donovan et al. 2005
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Rhabdocidaridae

	Histocidaris sp. Mortensen 1903	Donovan et al. 2005
Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

	? Astropecten sp. Gray 1840	Donovan et al. 2005
Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Ophiosphalmidae

	? Ophiomusium sp. Lyman 1869	Donovan et al. 2005
Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isocrinidae

	Neocrinus cf. decorus (Thompson 1864)	Donovan et al. 2005
	original and current combination Pentacrinus decorus

	Isocrinus sp. von Meyer 1836	Donovan et al. 2005
Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isselicrinidae

	Diplocrinus sp. Doederlein 1912	Donovan et al. 1993
Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes

	Squaliformes indet. Goodrich 1909	Underwood and Mitchell 2004
Chondrichthyes - Squalidae

	Scymnodon aff. obscurus (Vaillant 1888)	Underwood and Mitchell 2004
Chondrichthyes - Dalatiidae

	Squaliolus sp. Smith and Radcliffe 1912	Underwood and Mitchell 2004

	Squaliolus schaubi (Casier 1958)	Underwood and Mitchell 2004
Chondrichthyes - Centrophoridae

	Deania sp. Jordan and Snyder 1902	Underwood and Mitchell 2004
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

	Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816	Underwood and Mitchell 2004
Osteichthyes

	Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880	Underwood and Mitchell 2004
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae

	Tichosina cf. guppyi Cooper 1979	Harper et al. 1997	1 individual
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae

	Terebratulina cf. palmeri Cooper 1979	Harper et al. 1997	1 individual
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae

	Montastrea tampaensis (Vaughan 1919)

	Montastrea cylindrica (Duncan 1863)

	Montastrea endothecata (Duncan 1863)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae

	Madracis decaseptata (Weisbord 1971)

	Astrocoenia incrustans (Duncan 1863)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae

	Stylophora imperatoris Vaughan 1919

	Stylophora undata Weisbord 1971

	Stylophora minor Duncan 1863

	Stylophora granulata Duncan 1864

	Stylophora canalis Vaughan 1919
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

	Astreopora goethalsi Vaughan 1919
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae

	Solenastrea bournoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae

	Goniopora imperatoris Vaughan 1919

	Porites macdonaldi Vaughan 1919

	Porites waylandi Foster 1986
unclassified

	Mycelites ossifragus Roux 1887	Underwood and Mitchell 2004
see common names

Geography

Country:	Jamaica
Coordinates:	18.5° North, 77.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	18.3° North, 76.4° West
Basis of coordinate:	stated in text
Geographic resolution:	outcrop

Time

Period:	Neogene	Epoch:	Miocene
10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:	Early/Lower Miocene
Age range of interval:	23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Geological group:	White Limestone	Formation:	Sign
Stratigraphic resolution:	group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Sign Mbr [Fm in Donovan et al., 1993) Montpelier Fm of the White Limestone Gp. AGE: Early Miocene, on the basis of foraminiferal biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Found from beds throughout the quarry.

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	poorly lithified floatstone
Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Allochthonous blocks of coral floatstones from a deep fore-reef habitat transported in the deeper-water sediments of the Montpelier Formation. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, based on figured specimens.
Environment:	shallow subtidal indet.

Taphonomy

Size of fossils:	macrofossils
Articulated whole bodies:	some
Fragmentation:	frequent
Spatial resolution:	allochthonous

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	field collection
Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis

Metadata

Database number:	69729
Authorizer:	W. Kiessling, A. Hendy, M. Uhen	Enterer:	U. Merkel, M. Uhen, A. Hendy
Modifier:	A. Hendy	Research group:	marine invertebrate
Created:	2007-03-05 04:43:17	Last modified:	2009-09-10 15:52:46
Access level:	the public	Released:	2007-03-05 04:43:17
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

23393.

T. A. Stemann. 2003. Reef corals of the White Limestone Group of Jamaica. Cainozoic Research 3(1-2):83-107 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

30678		S. K. Donovan, C. M. Gordon, C. J. Veltkamp and A. D. Scott. 1993. Crinoid, asteroids, and ophiuroids in the Jamaican fossil record. Geological Society of America Memoir 182:125-130 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
30652		S. K. Donovan, R. W. Portell, and C. J. Veltkamp. 2005. Lower Miocene echinoderms of Jamaica, West Indies. Scripta Geologica 129:91-135 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
34298		D. A. T. Harper, S. K. Donovan, and R. W. Portell. 1997. The Brachiopoda Tichosina and Terebratulina from the Miocene of Jamaica. Caribbean Journal of Science 33(1-2):117-119 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
77154		C. J. Underwood and S. F. Mitchell. 2004. Sharks, bony fishes and endodental borings from the Miocene Montpelier Formation (White Limestone Group) of Jamaica. Cainozoic Research 3:157-165 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]