Marac Quarry (Rutsch locality 22) (Paleocene of Trinidad and Tobago)

Where: Trinidad and Tobago (10.1° N, 61.3° W: paleocoordinates 7.2° N, 48.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Soldado Formation, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, glauconitic, red limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by H.G. Kugler

• Repository: Museum of Natural History at Basel, Switzerland

Primary reference: 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 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 166081: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Kristina Okamoto on 03.02.2015, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Hercoglossa harrisi n. sp. Miller and Thompson 1937 nautiloid
Cimomia kugleri n. sp.1 Miller 1947 nautiloid
Cimomia subrecta2 Miller and Thompson 1933 nautiloid