Tabera Formation
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| name = Tabera Formation
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| type = Formation
| age = Late Oligocene
| period = Rupelian
| prilithology = Limestone
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| country = Dominican Republic
| coordinates = {{coord|19.3|N|70.7|W|display=inline,title}}
| paleocoordinates = {{coord|18.5|N|69.7|W|display=inline}}
| unitof = Tabera Group
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| underlies = Baitoa Formation
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| lat_deg = 19.3
| lon_deg = -70.7
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The Tabera Formation is a geologic formation in Dominican Republic. The shallow marine limestone preserves gastropod and coral fossils dating back to the Late Oligocene period.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Tabera&group_formation_member=Tabera Tabera Formation] at Fossilworks.org
See also
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Further reading
- T. W. Vaughan, W. Cooke, D. D. Condit, C. P. Ross, W. P. Woodring and F. C. Calkins. 1921. A geological reconnaissance of the Dominican Republic. Geological Survey of the Dominican Republic Memoir 1:1-268
Category:Geologic formations of the Dominican Republic