Piragua Formation

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| type = Formation

| period = Santonian

| age = Santonian
~{{fossil range|85.8|84.9}}

| prilithology = Limestone

| otherlithology = Tuff

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| region = Camagüey Province

| country = {{CUB}}

| coordinates = {{coord|21.5|N|77.8|W|display=inline,title}}

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| lat_deg = 21.5

| lon_deg = -77.8

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The Piragua Formation is a geologic formation in Cuba. The limestone intercalated with tuff formation preserves rudist fossils dating back to the Santonian period.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=73280 Piragua Formation] at Fossilworks.org

Fossil content

See also

References

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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}}
  • R. Rojas, M. Iturralde Vinent, and P. W. Skelton. 1995. Stratigraphy, composition and age of Cuban rudist-bearing deposits. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 12(2):272-291

Category:Geologic formations of Cuba

Category:Cretaceous Cuba

Category:Santonian Stage

Category:Limestone formations

Category:Tuff formations

Category:Shallow marine deposits

Formations