Older Parian Group
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| period = Aptian
| age = Aptian
| prilithology = Bituminous limestone
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The Older Parian Group is a geologic group in Trinidad and Tobago. The bituminous limestone preserves fossils of Didymotis trinidadensis dating back to the Aptian period.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=38515 Older Parian Group] at Fossilworks.org
See also
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Further reading
- {{citation |last=Lechmere Guppy |first=R |year=1863 |title=The Older Parian in Trinidad |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/geologist/article/older-parian-in-trinidad/5E9048806F6F22C67598DE3695BB0328 |journal=The Geologist |volume=6 |pages=363–364 |accessdate=2019-02-07}}
- {{citation |last=Porter |first=Henry Clifford |year=1974 |title=The geology of the western part of the Northern range of Trinidad (PhD thesis) |url=http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/8148/1/8148_5148.PDF |publisher=Durham University |pages=1 |accessdate=2019-02-07}}
- L. Sommermeier. 1918. Über einen Fossilfund aus der Unteren Kreide von Trinidad. Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 1918:131-136
Category:Geologic groups of South America
Category:Geologic formations of Trinidad and Tobago