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 | |
|---|---|
| Type | Formation |
| Sub-units | Machapoorie Limestone |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Claystone, sandstone |
| Other | Limestone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 10.6°N 61.1°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 8.1°N 51.4°W |
| Country |  |
  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]
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See also
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Trinidad and Tobago
References
- Brasso Formation at Fossilworks.org
- Landau et al., 2016
- Schwarzhans & Aguilera, 2013
- Schwarzhans & Aguilera, 2016
- 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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