The Lizard Springs Formation is a geologic formation in Trinidad and Tobago. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleocene to Early Eocene period.[1]
Lizard Springs Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Paleocene-Early Eocene | |
Type | Formation |
Location | |
Coordinates | 10°12′N 61°36′W / 10.2°N 61.6°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 7°36′N 50°24′W / 7.6°N 50.4°W |
Country | Trinidad and Tobago |
Fossil content
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Lizard Springs Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Soldan et al., 2018
Bibliography
edit- Dario Marcello Soldan; Maria Rose Petrizzo; Isabella Premoli Silva (2018). "Alicantina, a new Eocene planktonic foraminiferal genus for the lozanoi group". Journal of Foraminiferal Research. 48 (1): 41–52. Bibcode:2018JForR..48...41S. doi:10.2113/gsjfr.48.1.41.
Further reading
edit- W. A. van den Bold. 1957. Ostracoda from the Paleocene of Trinidad. Micropaleontology 3(1):1-18