Scotland Beds
Scotland Beds Stratigraphic range: Early Eocene | |
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Type | Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Conglomerate |
Location | |
Coordinates | 13°12′N 59°30′W / 13.2°N 59.5°WCoordinates: 13°12′N 59°30′W / 13.2°N 59.5°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 11°06′N 59°06′W / 11.1°N 59.1°W |
Region | |
Country | ![]() |
![]() ![]() Scotland Beds (Barbados) |
The Scotland Beds is a geologic formation in Barbados. It preserves fossils of and , dating back to the Early Eocene period.[1]
See also[]
- Geography of Barbados
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Barbados
References[]
Further reading[]
- Caves and Karst of Barbados, Patricia N. Kambesis & Hans G. Machel
- J. S. H. Collins and S. F. Morris. 1976. Tertiary and Pleistocene crabs from Barbados and Trinidad. Palaeontology 19(1):107-131
- J. W. Wells. 1934. Some fossil corals from the West Indies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 83(2975):71-110
Categories:
- Geologic formations of the Caribbean
- Geology of Barbados
- Paleogene Caribbean
- Conglomerate formations
- Shallow marine deposits
- Tidal deposits
- Caribbean geologic formation stubs
- Paleogene stubs
- Barbados stubs