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Piragua Formation
Stratigraphic range: Santonian
~85.8–84.9 Ma
TypeFormation
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
OtherTuff
Location
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 21°30′N 77°48′W / 21.5°N 77.8°W / 21.5; -77.8
Paleocoordinates [ ⚑ ] 12°30′N 57°06′W / 12.5°N 57.1°W / 12.5; -57.1
RegionCamagüey Province
Country Cuba
Piragua Formation is located in Cuba
Piragua Formation
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

Further reading

  • Bermúdez, Pedro J. 1961. Las formaciones geológicas de Cuba. Geología Cubana 1. 1–180. Accessed 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