Matanzas Formation
Appearance
Matanzas Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Late Pliocene | |
Type | Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Marl |
Location | |
Coordinates | 23°06′N 81°36′W / 23.1°N 81.6°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 23°06′N 81°00′W / 23.1°N 81.0°W |
Region | Matanzas Province |
Country | |
Type section | |
Named for | Matanzas |
The Matanzas Formation is a geologic formation in Cuba. It preserves fossils dating back to the Late Pliocene period.[1]
Fossil content
[edit]- Porites baracoaensis
- Agaricia dominicensis
- Madracis mirabilis
- Stylophora granulata
- Thysanus excentricus
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Matanzas Formation at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
[edit]- Bermúdez, Pedro J (1961), "Las formaciones geológicas de Cuba" (PDF), Geología Cubana, 1: 1–180, retrieved 2019-02-06
- T. W. Vaughan. 1919. Fossil corals from Central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico, with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and Recent coral reefs. Smithsonian Institution Bulletin 103:189-524