Near Scarborough, Tobago (2G54) (Cretaceous of Trinidad and Tobago)

Where: Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago (11.2° N, 60.8° W: paleocoordinates 5.6° N, 32.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bacolet Formation (Tobago Volcanic Group), Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• early late Albian;

•fossils found in volcanogenic sedimentary rocks at the base of the Bacolet Formation

Environment/lithology: marine; fine-grained volcaniclastic sediments

• fine-grained volcaniclastic sandstone and/or siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: A. W. Snoke and P.J. Noble. 2001. Ammonite-radiolarian assemblage, Tobago Volcanic Group, Tobago, West Indies--Implications for the evolution of the Great Arc of the Caribbean. Geological Society America Bulletin 113:256-264 [J. Alroy/D. Lamb/D. Lamb]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49004: authorized by John Alroy, entered by David Lamb on 05.04.2005

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Mojsisovicsiidae
"Manuaniceras decsernae" = Oxytropidoceras (Manuaniceras)
"Manuaniceras decsernae" = Oxytropidoceras (Manuaniceras) ammonite