Soldado Formation
The Soldado Formation is a geologic formation in Trinidad and Tobago. It preserves fossils dating back to the Thanetian to Bartonian period.[1]
Soldado Formation Stratigraphic range: Thanetian-Bartonian | |
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Type | Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 10.3°N 61.5°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 7.4°N 48.7°W |
Country | Trinidad and Tobago |
Soldado Formation (Trinidad and Tobago) |
Fossil content
- Cimomia kugleri, C. subrecta
- Hercoglossa harrisi
References
- Soldado Formation at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
- A. K. Miller and M. L. Thompson. 1937. Beiträge zur Kenntnis tropisch-americkanischer Tertiärmollusken. VI. Some Tertiary nautiloids from Venezuela and Trinidad. Ecologae Geologicae Helvetiae 30(1):59-73
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