Also known as Reef 2656
Where: Trinidad and Tobago (10.5° N, 61.2° W: paleocoordinates 9.3° N, 29.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)
• Older than Aptian Cuche Formation but still considered Aptian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified rudstone and lithified framestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: mechanical, peel or thin section,
Primary reference: J. W. Wells. 1948. Lower Cretaceous corals from Trinidad, B. W. I. Journal of Paleontology 22(5):608-616 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 25537: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 16.09.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Calamophylliopsis sandbergeri Felix 1891 stony coral | |
Myriophyllia trinitatis n. sp.
Myriophyllia trinitatis n. sp. stony coral | |
Ovalastrea rutschi n. sp.
Ovalastrea rutschi n. sp. stony coral |