San Fernando Formation, Trinidad and Tobago
San Fernando Formation Stratigraphic range: Oligocene | |
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Type | Formation |
Sub-units | Flat Rock Member |
Lithology | |
Primary | Claystone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 10°18′N 61°30′W / 10.3°N 61.5°WCoordinates: 10°18′N 61°30′W / 10.3°N 61.5°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 9°00′N 56°18′W / 9.0°N 56.3°W |
Country | ![]() |
Type section | |
Named for | San Fernando |
The San Fernando Formation is a geologic formation in Trinidad and Tobago. The open marine claystones preserve fossils dating back to the Oligocene period.[1]
See also[]
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Trinidad and Tobago
References[]
- ^ San Fernando Formation at Fossilworks.org
Further reading[]
- R. M. Stainforth. 1948. Description, correlation, and paleoecology of Tertiary Cipero Marl, Trinidad, BWI. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 32(7):1292-1330
Categories:
- Geologic formations of Trinidad and Tobago
- Paleogene Trinidad and Tobago
- Shale formations
- Open marine deposits
- San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago
- Caribbean geologic formation stubs
- Paleogene stubs
- Trinidad and Tobago stubs