The Springvale Formation is a
geologic formation
A geological formation, or simply formation, is a body of rock having a consistent set of physical characteristics ( lithology) that distinguishes it from adjacent bodies of rock, and which occupies a particular position in the layers of rock exp ...
in
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, small ...
. It preserves
fossils
A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved ...
dating back to the
Late Miocene
The Late Miocene (also known as Upper Miocene) is a sub-epoch of the Miocene Epoch made up of two stages. The Tortonian and Messinian stages comprise the Late Miocene sub-epoch, which lasted from 11.63 Ma (million years ago) to 5.333 Ma.
The ...
period.
Fossil content
Among others, the formation has provided fossils of:
* ''
Hindsiclava consors
''Hindsiclava consors'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids, and allies.MolluscaBase (2018). Hindsiclava consors (Sowerby I, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
''
* ''
Plagioscion ultimus''
[Aguilera et al., 2016]
See also
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References
Bibliography
* {{Cite journal, author1=Orangel A. Aguilera , author2=Werner Schwarzhans , author3=Philippe Béarez , year=2016 , title=Otoliths of the Sciaenidae from the Neogene of tropical America , journal=Palaeo Ichthyologica , volume=14 , pages=7–90
Geologic formations of Trinidad and Tobago
Neogene Trinidad and Tobago
Paleontology in Trinidad and Tobago
Shale formations
Sandstone formations
Shallow marine deposits