Brasso Formation

The Brasso Formation is a geologic formation in Trinidad and Tobago. It preserves fossils dating back to the Early Eocene to Serravallian period.[1]

Brasso Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Eocene-Serravallian
TypeFormation
Sub-unitsMachapoorie Limestone
Lithology
PrimaryClaystone, sandstone
OtherLimestone
Location
Coordinates10.6°N 61.1°W / 10.6; -61.1
Approximate paleocoordinates8.1°N 51.4°W / 8.1; -51.4
Country Trinidad and Tobago
Brasso Formation (Trinidad and Tobago)

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

References

  1. Brasso Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. Landau et al., 2016
  3. Schwarzhans & Aguilera, 2013
  4. Schwarzhans & Aguilera, 2016
  5. 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" (PDF). Bulletins of American Paleontology. 389–390: 1–581.
  • 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.
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