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