Earth:Brasso Formation
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| Brasso Formation Stratigraphic range: Early Eocene-Serravallian | |
|---|---|
| Type | Formation |
| Sub-units | Machapoorie Limestone |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Claystone, sandstone |
| Other | Limestone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 10°36′N 61°06′W / 10.6°N 61.1°W |
| Paleocoordinates | [ ⚑ ] 8°06′N 51°24′W / 8.1°N 51.4°W |
| Country |  Trinidad and Tobago |
  Brasso Formation (Trinidad and Tobago) | |
The Brasso Formation is a geologic formation in Trinidad and Tobago. It preserves fossils dating back to the Early Eocene to Serravallian period.[1]
Fossil content
Among others, the formation has provided fossils of:
- Dentimides[2]
- Lepidophanes brassoensis[3]
- Myctophum mundulum[3]
- Neobythites huddlestoni[4]
- Ophioscion transitivus[5]
- Xenotolithus semiostialis[5]
See also
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Trinidad and Tobago
References
- ↑ Brasso Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Landau et al., 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Schwarzhans & Aguilera, 2013
- ↑ Schwarzhans & Aguilera, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Aguilera et al., 2016
Bibliography
- Orangel A. Aguilera; Werner Schwarzhans; Philippe Béarez (2016). "Otoliths of the Sciaenidae from the Neogene of tropical America". Palaeo Ichthyologica 14: 7–90.
- Bernard Manuel Landau; Carlos Marques da Silva; Antoine Heitz (2016). "Systematics of the gastropods of the lower-middle Miocene Cantaure Formation, Paraguaná Peninsula, Venezuela". Bulletins of American Paleontology 389–390: 1–581. https://www.priweb.org/downloads/pubs/item_pdf_5807.pdf. Retrieved 2019-02-07.
- Werner Schwarzhans; Orangel Aguilera (2016). "Otoliths of the Ophidiiformes from the Neogene of tropical America". Palaeo Ichthyologica 14: 91–124.
- Werner Schwarzhans; Orangel Aguilera (2013). "Otoliths of the Myctophidae from the Neogene of tropical America". Palaeo Ichthyologica 13: 83–150. http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/07pala/e4_66.php.
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