Sabana Grande Formation

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| 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

Category:Campanian Stage

Category:Conglomerate formations

Category:Limestone formations