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White Limestone - Gibraltar Limestone, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica

GroupWhite Limestone
FormationGibraltar Limestone
Age:37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
IntervalLate Eocene
Lithologylimestone
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences3

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Cedar Valley [Somerset Fm]Saint Ann Parish, JamaicaWhite Limestone - Gibraltar Limestone

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
White Limestone - Somerset37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
limestone34

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Cardium sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardium37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Velates perversus
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cycloneritida : Neritidae : Velates : Velates perversus37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

References

Cox L. R. (1941) Lamellibranchs from the White Limestone of Jamaica, Proceedings of the Malacological Society 24 4, 135-144
Hose H. R., Versey H. R. (1956) Paleontological and lithological divisions of the Lower Tertiary Limestones of Jamaica, Geological Survey of Jamaica, 19-39
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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