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

• early to middle Albian; correlative with the Kozurium zingulai zone (zone 7) of Albian age found in the northern Californian Coast Ranges (Pessagno 1977)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; pyritic, black mudstone

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: bulk, hydroflouric,

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 49017: authorized by John Alroy, entered by David Lamb on 05.04.2005

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