West end of St. Thomas (Cretaceous of Virgin Islands, U.S.)

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
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
"Hypophylloceras cf. ellipticum" = Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) ellipticum
"Hypophylloceras cf. ellipticum" = Phylloceras (Hypophylloceras) ellipticum Kossmat 1895 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Brancoceratidae
Mortoniceras cf. scobinum Van Hoepen 1942 ammonite
"Mortoniceras cf. nanum" = Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) nanum Spath 1933 ammonite