Soldado Formation

The Soldado Formation is a geologic formation in Trinidad and Tobago. It preserves fossils dating back to the Thanetian to Bartonian period.[1]

Soldado Formation
Stratigraphic range: Thanetian-Bartonian
TypeFormation
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
Location
Coordinates10.3°N 61.5°W / 10.3; -61.5
Approximate paleocoordinates7.4°N 48.7°W / 7.4; -48.7
Country Trinidad and Tobago
Soldado Formation (Trinidad and Tobago)

Fossil content

  • Cimomia kugleri, C. subrecta
  • Hercoglossa harrisi
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See also

  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Trinidad and Tobago

References

Further reading

  • A. K. Miller and M. L. Thompson. 1937. Beiträge zur Kenntnis tropisch-americkanischer Tertiärmollusken. VI. Some Tertiary nautiloids from Venezuela and Trinidad. Ecologae Geologicae Helvetiae 30(1):59-73


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