Peters Hill Limestone

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]

Peters Hill Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Santonian ~85 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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
Peters Hill Limestone (Jamaica)

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Jamaica