Where: Antigua and Barbuda (17.2° N, 61.9° W: paleocoordinates 16.4° N, 60.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-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
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Unknown.
Primary reference: W. P. Woodring. 1982. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(F) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96443: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 08.06.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Ampullinopsis spenceri Cooke 1919 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Periglypta tarquinia Dall 1900 venus clam | |
Flabellipecten antiguensis, "Chlamys anguillensis" = Antillipecten anguillensis
Flabellipecten antiguensis Brown 1913 scallop
"Chlamys anguillensis" = Antillipecten anguillensis Guppy 1867 scallop |