Matanzas Formation
Matanzas Formation Stratigraphic range: Late Pliocene | |
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Type | Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Marl |
Location | |
Coordinates | 23°06′N 81°36′W / 23.1°N 81.6°WCoordinates: 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 |
![]() ![]() Matanzas Formation (Cuba) |
The Matanzas Formation is a geologic formation in Cuba. It preserves fossils dating back to the Late Pliocene period.[1]
Fossil content[]
- Madracis mirabilis
See also[]
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Cuba
References[]
- ^ Matanzas Formation at Fossilworks.org
Further reading[]
- Las formaciones geológicas de Cuba. 1. 1–180. Accessed 2019-02-06. . 1961.
- 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
Categories:
- Geologic formations of Cuba
- Neogene Cuba
- Marl formations
- Reef deposits
- Geography of Matanzas Province
- Caribbean geologic formation stubs
- Neogene stubs
- Cuba stubs