Where: Antigua and Barbuda (17.2° N, 61.9° W: paleocoordinates 16.4° N, 60.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Antigua Formation, Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Antigua Fm. Lithostratigraphic relationships not discussed in publication. AGE: Late Oligocene according to text based on macro- and microfaunal biostratigraphy, and supported by more recent publications. THICKNESS: Formation attains a thickness of 1500 ft. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, shelly/skeletal marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with calcite

Collected by Spencer in 1915

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Spencer, c. 1900-1901. REPOSITORY: Not stated, but is likely to be USNM, Washington as they were identified by W. H. Dall.

Primary reference: A. P. Brown. 1913. Notes on the Geology of the Island of Antigua. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 584-616 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80290: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.04.2008

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