Imías Formation
{{Short description|Cuban geologic formation}}
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| type = Formation
| period = Miocene
| age = Miocene
| prilithology = Marl, limestone
| otherlithology = Gypsum
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| region = Guantánamo Province
| country = {{CUB}}
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The Imías Formation is a geologic formation in Cuba. It preserves fossils dating back to the Miocene period.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=65599 Imías Formation] at Fossilworks.org
Fossil content
See also
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Further reading
- {{citation |last=Bermúdez |first=Pedro J |year=1961 |title=Las formaciones geológicas de Cuba |url=http://paleoarchive.com/literature/Bermudez1961-FormacionesGeologicasCuba.pdf |journal=Geología Cubana |volume=1 |pages=1–180 |accessdate=2019-02-06}}
- C. E. Schweitzer, M. Iturralde Vinent, J. L. Hetler and J. Vélez Juarbe. 2006. Oligocene and Miocene decapods (Thalassinidea and Brachyura) from the Caribbean. Annals of Carnegie Museum 75(2):111-136
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Category:Geologic formations of Cuba
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