Lizard Springs Formation

Lizard Springs Formation
Stratigraphic range: Paleocene-Early Eocene
Type	Formation
Location
Coordinates	10°12′N61°36′W / 10.2°N 61.6°W / 10.2; -61.6
Approximate paleocoordinates	7°36′N50°24′W / 7.6°N 50.4°W / 7.6; -50.4
Country	Trinidad and Tobago
Lizard Springs Formation (Trinidad and Tobago)

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

Fossil content

• Alicantina ^[2]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Trinidad and Tobago

References

1. Lizard Springs Formation at Fossilworks.org
2. Soldan et al., 2018

Bibliography

• Dario Marcello Soldan; Maria Rose Petrizzo; Isabella Premoli Silva (2018). "Alicantina, a new Eocene planktonic foraminiferal genus for the lozanoi group". Journal of Foraminiferal Research. 48 (1): 41–52. Bibcode:2018JForR..48...41S. doi:10.2113/gsjfr.48.1.41.

Further reading

• W. A. van den Bold. 1957. Ostracoda from the Paleocene of Trinidad. Micropaleontology 3(1):1-18