Where: San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago (10.3° N, 61.5° W: paleocoordinates 7.4° N, 48.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Soldado Formation, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Natural History Museum, Basel
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 168382: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Kristina Okamoto on 20.04.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Hercoglossa harrisi Miller and Thompson 1937 nautiloid |