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 | |
Hercoglossa harrisi n. sp. Miller and Thompson 1937 nautiloid |