Scotland Beds

{{Short description|Geologic formation in Barbados}}

{{distinguish|Geology of Scotland}}

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| age = Early Eocene

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| country = Barbados

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The Scotland Beds is a geologic formation in Barbados. It preserves fossils of Falconoplax bicarinella and Palaeopinnixa perornata, dating back to the Early Eocene period.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=185880 Scotland Beds]

See also

References

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Further reading

  • [https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-007-5016-6_10 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

Category:Geologic formations of the Caribbean

Category:Geology of Barbados

Category:Paleogene Caribbean

Category:Conglomerate formations

Category:Shallow marine deposits

Category:Tidal deposits

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