Raw material collection from type localities in Trinidad, B.W.I., where Middle Paleocene to Middle Miocene planktic foraminiferal zones were established

A collection of bulk sedimens from classical plankton foraminiferal zonal type localities, where Middle Paleocene to Middle Miocene formations are exposed in Trinidad, B.W.I. Some outcrops do not exist any more. Most of the samples were collected by John B. Saunders, but the material includes also original bulk sediments collected by investigators cited in the early stratigraphic compilation of foraminiferal zones by H.M. Bolli (1957 b, c, and d). Related collections are those from John Saunders (foraminiferal assemblages from Eocene to Miocene formations in Trinidad, B.W.I.) and the related formations in Hans G. Kugler's stratigraphic collection of Trinidad.

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NMB loc No. Field No. Old Trinidad zonation Location
13611 JS 2446 Globorotalia menardii zone Lengua/ Liz. Rd
13613 JS 1464 Globorotalia mayeri zone Golconda
13323 JS 2514 Globorotalia fohsi lobata zone
13617 JS 2513 Praeorbulina glomerosa zone Retrench Hill
13612 JS 2596 Praeorbulina glomerosa zone Ao Rd.
13322 Rz 108 Globigerinatella insueta zone  
13615 JS 2438 Globigerinatella insueta zone Brasso Fm, Esmeralda calcareous clay
13324 JS 2441 Catapsydrax stainforthi zone  
13318 Bo 267 Catapsydrax dissimilis zone  
13327 Bo 291A Globigerina ciperoensis ciperoensis zone  
13325 JS 20 Globorotalia opima opima zone  
13326 JS 2327 Globigerina ampliapertura zone  
13616 JS 813 Globorotalia lehneri zone Fitts Hill Trace
13614 Rz 476 Globigerapsis kugleri zone
13610 Rz 336 Hantkenina aragonensis zone Friendship quarry
13321 K 9415 Globorotalia velascoensis zone  
13319 K 10832 Globorotalia pseudomenardii zone  
13320 KR 23375 Globorotalia uncinata zone  
13618 JS 2830 Late Miocene Lower Cruse Fm (Lizard Rd.)