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	21°30′N 77°48′W / 21.5°N 77.8°W / 21.5; -77.8Coordinates: 21°30′N 77°48′W / 21.5°N 77.8°W / 21.5; -77.8
Approximate paleocoordinates	12°30′N 57°06′W / 12.5°N 57.1°W / 12.5; -57.1
Region	Camagüey Province
Country	Cuba
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[]

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See also[]

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Cuba

References[]

Further reading[]

• Bermúdez, Pedro J. 1961. Las formaciones geológicas de Cuba. 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 Geologicas 12(2):272-291