Boca de Serpiente Formation explained

Boca de Serpiente Formation
Type:Formation
Age:Priabonian
Period:Priabonian
Prilithology:Limestone
Otherlithology:Hematite
Namedfor:Boca de la Serpiente
Region:Gulf of Paria
Country: Trinidad and Tobago
Coordinates:10.2°N -62°W
Paleocoordinates:8.3°N -55.4°W

The Boca de Serpiente Formation is a geologic formation in Trinidad and Tobago. The limestones stained red with hematite, preserve fossils dating back to the Priabonian period.[1]

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  1. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=collectionSearch&collection_no=80172 Boca de Serpiente Formation