Where: Virgin Islands, U.S. (18.4° N, 65.0° W: paleocoordinates 18.4° N, 65.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tutu Formation, Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)
• Ammonites indicate Late Albian age, although may be reworked into a younger deposit.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, replaced with silica
Collected by T.W. Donnelly
• Repository: Syracuse University
Primary reference: K. Young. 1977. Cretaceous (Albian) ammonites from Puerto Rico and St. Thomas. Texas Journal of Science 29:263-277 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 209728: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.05.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
"Hypophylloceras cf. ellipticum" = Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) ellipticum
"Hypophylloceras cf. ellipticum" = Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) ellipticum Kossmat 1895 ammonite | |
Mortoniceras cf. scobinum, "Mortoniceras cf. nanum" = Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) nanum
Mortoniceras cf. scobinum Van Hoepen 1942 ammonite
"Mortoniceras cf. nanum" = Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) nanum Spath 1933 ammonite |