Older Parian Group
Stratigraphic range: Aptian

Type| Group
Lithology
Primary| Bituminous limestone
Location
Coordinates|  [ ⚑ ] : 10°30′N 61°18′W﻿ / ﻿10.5°N 61.3°W﻿ / 10.5; -61.3
Paleocoordinates|  [ ⚑ ] 9°18′N 29°24′W﻿ / ﻿9.3°N 29.4°W﻿ / 9.3; -29.4
Country|  Trinidad and Tobago

Older Parian Group (Trinidad and Tobago)

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.[1]

## See also

* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Trinidad and Tobago

## References

1. ↑ Older Parian Group at Fossilworks.org

## Further reading

* Lechmere Guppy, R. 1863. The Older Parian in Trinidad. The Geologist 6\. 363–364. Accessed 2019-02-07.
* Porter, Henry Clifford. 1974. The geology of the western part of the Northern range of Trinidad (PhD thesis), 1. Durham University. Accessed 2019-02-07.
* L. Sommermeier. 1918. Über einen Fossilfund aus der Unteren Kreide von Trinidad. Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 1918:131-136

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