Peters Hill Limestone
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The Peters Hill Limestone or Peters Hill Formation is a geologic formation in Jamaica. It preserves fossils such as rudists, echinoids and corals from the Santonian stage of the Cretaceous Period.[1][2]
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Peters Hill Limestone | |
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Stratigraphic range: Santonian ~85 Ma | |
Type | Formation |
Underlies | Back River Formation |
Overlies | unconformably on the Arthurs Seat Formation (andesite, basalt and conglomerate) |
Thickness | up to 26 m (85 ft) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
Other | Conglomerate |
Location | |
Coordinates | 18.1°N 77.2°W / 18.1; -77.2 |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 16.6°N 63.0°W / 16.6; -63.0 |
Region | Clarendon Parish |
Country | Jamaica |
Type section | |
Named for | Peters' Hill |
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