Older Parian Group
Appearance
(Redirected from Older Parian Formation)
Older Parian Group | |
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Stratigraphic range: Aptian | |
Type | Group |
Lithology | |
Primary | Bituminous limestone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 10°30′N 61°18′W / 10.5°N 61.3°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 9°18′N 29°24′W / 9.3°N 29.4°W |
Country | ![]() |
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]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Older Parian Group at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
[edit]- 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