ammonites
loc. 101 (Cretaceous of Jamaica)

Also known as USGS Mesozoic Collection No. 30462

Where: Jamaica (18.2° N, 77.9° W: paleocoordinates 18.6° N, 72.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: shales below "Titanosarcolites limestone" Formation, Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 65.5 Ma)

• shale overlying brownish sand

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Primary reference: N. F. Sohl and H. A. Kollmann. 1985. Cretaceous Actaeonellid Gastropods from the Western Hemisphere. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1304:1-104 [P. Harries/P. Harries] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 66466: authorized by Peter Harries, entered by Peter Harries on 09.10.2006