Sabana Grande Formation
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| type = Formation
| age = Late Campanian
| period = Campanian
| prilithology = Conglomerate
| otherlithology = Limestone
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| region = Caribbean
| country = Puerto Rico
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The Sabana Grande Formation is a geologic formation in western Puerto Rico. The conglomerates and limestones of the formation preserve gastropod fossils of Trochactaeon woodsi dating back to the Late Campanian period.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=66833 Sabana Grande Formation] at Fossilworks.org
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Further reading
- N. F. Sohl and H. A. Kollmann. 1985. Cretaceous Actaeonellid Gastropods from the Western Hemisphere. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1304:1-104
Category:Geologic formations of Puerto Rico
Category:Cretaceous Puerto Rico