Bella Vista (Cretaceous of Trinidad and Tobago)

Where: Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (10.3° N, 61.5° W: paleocoordinates 7.4° N, 45.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Leriche. 1938. Contribution à l'étude des Poissons fossiles des pays riverains de la Méditerranée américaine (Venezuela, Trinité, Antilles, Mexique). Mémoires de la Société Paléontologique Suisse 51:1-42 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 221504: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.08.2021

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
"Corax kugleri n. sp." = Anacorax kugleri
"Corax kugleri n. sp." = Anacorax kugleri Leriche 1938 crow shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
? Scapanorhynchus sp. Woodward 1889 goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Lamna caraibaea n. sp. Leriche 1938 mackerel shark
 Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
"Ginglymostoma lehneri n. sp." = Plicatoscyllium lehneri
"Ginglymostoma lehneri n. sp." = Plicatoscyllium lehneri Leriche 1938 nurse shark
 Rajiformes - Rajidae
Raja sp. Linnaeus 1758 skate