Green Island, Jamaica (Cretaceous of Jamaica)
Where: Jamaica (18.4° N, 78.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• Age based on Sr isotopes (Steuber, 2002)
• 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 27656: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 17.12.2002
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Taxonomic list
• Only corals included
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| Anthozoa | |
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Mycetophyllia multistellata Reuss 1864 stony coral | |
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Elephantaria lindstroemi Oppenheim 1930 stony coral | |
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Meandrophyllia oceani de Fromentel 1877 stony coral | |
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Actinastrea hexaphylla Quenstedt 1881 stony coral | |