Nariva River, Trinidad (Cretaceous of Trinidad and Tobago)

Where: Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (10.5° N, 61.3° W: paleocoordinates 9.3° N, 29.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Older Parian Group, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified carbonate

• bituminous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Sommermeier. 1918. Über einen Fossilfund aus der Unteren Kreide von Trinidad. Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 1918:131-136 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38515: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 23.04.2004

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae