Tabera Formation

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| type = Formation

| age = Late Oligocene

| period = Rupelian

| prilithology = Limestone

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| country = Dominican Republic

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| underlies = Baitoa Formation

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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

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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

Category:Paleogene Dominican Republic

Category:Limestone formations

Category:Shallow marine deposits