Scotland Beds
{{Short description|Geologic formation in Barbados}}
{{distinguish|Geology of Scotland}}
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| period = Ypresian
| 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:Conglomerate formations
Category:Shallow marine deposits
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