Cangahua Formation
| Cangahua Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Late Pleistocene (Lujanian) ~0.8–0.011 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Location | |
| Coordinates |   Cangahua Formation (Ecuador) |
The Cangahua Formation is a Late Pleistocene (Lujanian in the SALMA classification) geologic formation of the Pichincha Province in north-central Ecuador.[1]
Fossil content
The formation has provided insect fossils of:[2]
- Coprinisphaera ecuadoriensis
- Phanaeus violetae
See also
Earth sciences portal
Paleontology portal
Ecuador portal
References
- ^ Cangahua Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Zunino, 2013
Bibliography
- Zunino, Mario (2013), "The first dung beetle retrieved from Coprinisphaeridae ichnofossils: Phanaeus violetae n. sp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) from Ecuadorian cangahua balls", Acta Zoológica Mexicana, 29 (1): 219–226, doi:10.21829/azm.2013.291397, retrieved 2019-02-09
