The Older Parian Group is a geologic group in Trinidad and Tobago. The bituminous limestone preserves fossils of Didymotis trinidadensis dating back to the Aptian period.[1]

Older Parian Group
Stratigraphic range: Aptian
TypeGroup
Lithology
PrimaryBituminous limestone
Location
Coordinates10°30′N 61°18′W / 10.5°N 61.3°W / 10.5; -61.3
Approximate paleocoordinates9°18′N 29°24′W / 9.3°N 29.4°W / 9.3; -29.4
Country Trinidad and Tobago
Older Parian Group is located in Trinidad and Tobago
Older Parian Group
Older Parian Group (Trinidad and Tobago)

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Further reading

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  • Lechmere Guppy, R (1863), "The Older Parian in Trinidad", The Geologist, 6: 363–364, retrieved 2019-02-07
  • Porter, Henry Clifford (1974), The geology of the western part of the Northern range of Trinidad (PhD thesis) (PDF), Durham University, p. 1, retrieved 2019-02-07
  • L. Sommermeier. 1918. Über einen Fossilfund aus der Unteren Kreide von Trinidad. Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 1918:131-136