Lizard Springs Formation Explained

Lizard Springs Formation
Type:	Formation
Age:	Paleocene-Early Eocene
Period:	Ypresian
Country:	Trinidad and Tobago
Coordinates:	10.2°N -61.6°W
Paleocoordinates:	7.6°N -50.4°W

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

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 . 10.2113/gsjfr.48.1.41 . 2018JForR..48...41S .

Further reading

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

Notes and References

1. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Lizard%20Springs&group_formation_member=Lizard%20Springs Lizard Springs Formation
2. Soldan et al., 2018