Trinidad asphalt (Pleistocene of Trinidad and Tobago)

Where: Trinidad and Tobago (10.2° N, 61.6° W: paleocoordinates 10.2° N, 61.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: tar; poorly lithified tar

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. E. Zeuner. 1941. The fossil Acrididae (Orth. Salt. ) Part I, Catantopinae. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eleventh Series 8:510-522 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 113828: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 05.08.2011

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Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Orthoptera - Romaleidae
"Tropidacris cf. latreillei" = Tropidacris cristata
"Tropidacris cf. latreillei" = Tropidacris cristata Linnaeus 1758 lubber grasshopper
complete female