Abstract
Armored mud balls similar to those described from river deposits in California by Bell (1940) are found on the coasts of Trinidad, West Indies. Among the Recent examples has been found one fine specimen of a fossil armored mud ball derived from Miocene Cruse sediments. Ellipsoidal, with a long axis of about 6 inches, it is composed of hard, dense mudstone with an armor of chert, quartz, and quartzitic sandstone pebbles.
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