Brasso Formation
| 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 |
| Approximate 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
[edit]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
[edit]
References
[edit]- ^ Brasso Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Landau et al., 2016
- ^ a b Schwarzhans & Aguilera, 2013
- ^ Schwarzhans & Aguilera, 2016
- ^ a b Aguilera et al., 2016
Bibliography
[edit]- 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" (PDF). Bulletins of American Paleontology. 389–390: 1–581. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-06-19. 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.