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词条 Mount Peace Formation
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  3. Further reading

{{Infobox rockunit
| name = Mount Peace Formation
| image =
| caption =
| type = Formation
| age = Late Santonian
~{{fossil range|85}}
| period = Santonian
| prilithology = Limestone
| otherlithology = Shale
| namedfor = Mount Peace
| namedby =
| region = Hanover Parish
| country = {{JAM}}
| coordinates = {{coord|18.4|N|78.1|W|display=inline,title}}
| paleocoordinates = {{coord|17.0|N|63.9|W|display=inline}}
| unitof =
| subunits = Clifton Limestone
| underlies =
| overlies =
| thickness =
| extent =
| area =
| map = {{Location map+ | Jamaica
| relief = 1
| width = 250
| float = center
| places =
| lat_deg = 18.4
| lon_deg = -78.1
| mark = Lightgreen pog.svg
| marksize = 12
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The Mount Peace Formation is a geologic formation in Jamaica. It preserves ammonite, bivalve and echinoid fossils dating back to the Late Santonian stage of the Cretaceous period.[1]

See also

{{Portal|Earth sciences|Jamaica|Paleontology|Cretaceous|Prehistory of North America}}
  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Jamaica

References

1. ^Mount Peace Formation at Fossilworks.org

Further reading

  • S. K. Donovan, S. F. Mitchell, and D. N. Lewis. 2006. The irregular echinoid Nucleopygus from the Upper Cretaceous of western Jamaica. Cretaceous Research 27:577-583

6 : Geologic formations of Jamaica|Cretaceous Jamaica|Santonian Stage|Limestone formations|Shallow marine deposits|Geography of Hanover Parish

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