Brasso Formation

Brasso Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Eocene-Serravallian
Type	Formation
Sub-units	Machapoorie Limestone
Lithology
Primary	Claystone, sandstone
Other	Limestone
Location
Coordinates	10°36′N61°06′W / 10.6°N 61.1°W / 10.6; -61.1
Approximate paleocoordinates	8°06′N51°24′W / 8.1°N 51.4°W / 8.1; -51.4
Country	Trinidad and Tobago
Brasso Formation (Trinidad and Tobago)

The Brasso Formation is a geologic formation in Trinidad and Tobago. It preserves fossils dating back to the Early Eocene to Serravallian period. ^[1]

Fossil content

Among others, the formation has provided fossils of:

• Dentimides ^[2]
• Lepidophanes brassoensis ^[3]
• Myctophum mundulum ^[3]
• Neobythites huddlestoni ^[4]
• Ophioscion transitivus ^[5]
• Xenotolithus semiostialis ^[5]

See also

• Earth sciences portal
• Caribbean portal
• Paleontology portal

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Trinidad and Tobago

References

1. Brasso Formation at Fossilworks.org
2. Landau et al., 2016
3. Schwarzhans & Aguilera, 2013
4. Schwarzhans & Aguilera, 2016
5. Aguilera et al., 2016

Bibliography

• Orangel A. Aguilera; Werner Schwarzhans; Philippe Béarez (2016). "Otoliths of the Sciaenidae from the Neogene of tropical America". Palaeo Ichthyologica. 14: 7–90.
• Bernard Manuel Landau; Carlos Marques da Silva; Antoine Heitz (2016). "Systematics of the gastropods of the lower-middle Miocene Cantaure Formation, Paraguaná Peninsula, Venezuela" (PDF). Bulletins of American Paleontology. 389–390: 1–581. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2019-02-07.
• Werner Schwarzhans; Orangel Aguilera (2016). "Otoliths of the Ophidiiformes from the Neogene of tropical America". Palaeo Ichthyologica. 14: 91–124.
• Werner Schwarzhans; Orangel Aguilera (2013). "Otoliths of the Myctophidae from the Neogene of tropical America". Palaeo Ichthyologica. 13: 83–150.