Piragua Formation
| Piragua Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Santonian ~85.8–84.9 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
| Type | Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Tuff |
| Location | |
| Coordinates |   Piragua Formation (Cuba) |
The Piragua Formation is a geologic formation in Cuba. The limestone intercalated with tuff formation preserves rudist fossils dating back to the Santonian period.[1]
Fossil content
- Durania curasavica, D. lopeztrigoi
- Praebarrettia corrali
- Torreites tschoppi
- Vaccinites inaequicostatus
- Plagioptychus sp.
- ?Mitrocaprina sp.
See also
References
- ^ Piragua Formation at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
- Bermúdez, Pedro J (1961), "Las formaciones geológicas de Cuba" (PDF), Geología Cubana, 1: 1–180, retrieved 2019-02-06
- R. Rojas, M. Iturralde Vinent, and P. W. Skelton. 1995. Stratigraphy, composition and age of Cuban rudist-bearing deposits. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 12(2):272-291
