Artemisa Formation

{{Short description|Geologic formation in western Cuba}}

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| name = Artemisa Formation

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| type = Formation

| age = Late Oxfordian-Tithonian

| period = Tithonian

| prilithology = Shale, limestone

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| namedfor = Artemisa

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| region = Artemisa & Pinar del Río Provinces

| country = {{CUB}}

| coordinates = {{coord|22.7|N|83.1|W|display=inline,title}}

| paleocoordinates = {{coord|4.7|N|51.6|W|display=inline}}

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| subunits = La Zarza & Sumidero Members

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| extent = Sierra del Rosario

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| width = 200

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{{Location map~ | Cuba

| lat_deg = 22.7

| lon_deg = -83.1

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The Artemisa Formation is a geologic formation in western Cuba.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Artemisa&group_formation_member=Artemisa Artemisa Formation] at Fossilworks.org It preserves mainly ammonite fossils dating back to the Late Oxfordian to Tithonian period.{{Cite journal |author=Zell, P. |author2=Stinnesbeck, W. |date=2016|title=Salinites grossicostatum Imlay, 1939 and S. finicostatum sp. nov. from the latest Tithonian (Late Jurassic) of northeastern Mexico |url=http://boletinsgm.igeolcu.unam.mx/bsgm/index.php/component/content/article/296-sitio/articulos/cuarta-epoca/6802/1495-6802-8-zell|journal=Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana|volume=68|issue=2|pages=305–311|doi=10.18268/BSGM2016v68n2a8|doi-access=free}} The formation is divided into two members; La Zarza and Sumidero Members.Figueroa Guanche et al., 2013, p.2 Most of the formation was deposited in deeper marine conditions.Figueroa Guanche et al., 2013, p.5