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Woodland Shale, Saint James Parish, Jamaica

FormationWoodland Shale
Age:70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
IntervalEarly Maastrichtian
Lithologyclaystone
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences1

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
loc. 116Saint James Parish, JamaicaWoodland Shale

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Maldon Limestone70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
claystone2

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Actaeonella marchmontensis
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cephalaspidea : Acteonidae : Acteonella : Actaeonella marchmontensis70.6 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Sohl N. F., Kollmann H. A. (1985) Cretaceous Actaeonellid Gastropods from the Western Hemisphere, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1304, 1-104
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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