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Fossils from the Blue Mountains of Jamaica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

C. T. Trechmann
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Mr. G. M. STOCKLEY, F.G.S. in 1925 made the interesting discovery of fossils near the top of Blue Mountain Peak, the highest summit in Jamaica, at the considerable altitude of about 7,000 feet. Unfortunately the material he collected was lost on the way down by a horse slipping and throwing his fossils down a ravine. He told me, however, that he was almost sure there was a species of Inoceramus among them. Dr. C. A. Matley, F.G.S. collected some specimens at the same locality a year or two later. On looking over his collection, however, I could not find any fossils which might fix beyond doubt the age of the beds. During a recent visit to Blue Mountain Peak I was able to spend enough time at the locality to make a small collection of fossils which I now endeavour to describe.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 66 , Issue 11 , November 1929 , pp. 481 - 491
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1929

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