Boodoosingh Well 1: 6892'-6909': Early Eocene, Trinidad and Tobago

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Trinidad and Tobago
Coordinates: 10.2° North, 61.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:7.5° North, 44.0° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Ypresian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2
Key time interval: Early Eocene Foram zone:  Globorotalia rex
Age range of interval: 56 - 48.07 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Lizard Springs
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: United British Oilfields of Trinidad collection
Metadata
Database number:94024
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2010-02-08 10:55:40 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2010-02-08 10:55:40
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
31947. W. A. van den Bold. 1957. Ostracoda from the Paleocene of Trinidad. Micropaleontology 3(1):1-18 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]