Cangahua Formation

{{Short description|Geologic formation in Ecuador}}

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| name = Cangahua Formation

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| type = Geological formation

| age = Late Pleistocene
(Lujanian)
~{{fossil range|0.8|0.011}}

| period = Tarantian

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| namedfor = Cangahua, a local name for adobe.

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| region = Pichincha Province

| country = Ecuador

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| extent = Sierra Region

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| width = 250

| float = center

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{{Location map~ | Ecuador

| lat_deg = 0.2

| lon_deg = -78.5

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The Cangahua Formation is a Late Pleistocene (Lujanian in the SALMA classification) geologic formation of the Pichincha Province in north-central Ecuador.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=178693 Cangahua Formation] at Fossilworks.org