Older Parian Group
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 | |
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Type | Group |
Lithology | |
Primary | Bituminous limestone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 10.5°N 61.3°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 9.3°N 29.4°W |
Country | Trinidad and Tobago |
Older Parian Group (Trinidad and Tobago) |
References
- Older Parian Group at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
- Lechmere Guppy, R. 1863. The Older Parian in Trinidad. The Geologist 6. 363–364. Accessed 2019-02-07.
- Porter, Henry Clifford. 1974. The geology of the western part of the Northern range of Trinidad (PhD thesis), 1. Durham University. Accessed 2019-02-07.
- L. Sommermeier. 1918. Über einen Fossilfund aus der Unteren Kreide von Trinidad. Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 1918:131-136
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