Tabera Formation
Tabera Formation Stratigraphic range: Late Oligocene | |
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Type | Formation |
Unit of | |
Underlies | Baitoa Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 19°18′N 70°42′W / 19.3°N 70.7°WCoordinates: 19°18′N 70°42′W / 19.3°N 70.7°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 18°30′N 69°42′W / 18.5°N 69.7°W |
Country | Dominican Republic |
Tabera Formation (the Dominican Republic) |
The Tabera Formation is a geologic formation in Dominican Republic. The shallow marine limestone preserves gastropod and coral fossils dating back to the Late Oligocene period.[1]
See also[]
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Dominican Republic
References[]
- ^ Tabera Formation at Fossilworks.org
Further reading[]
- T. W. Vaughan, W. Cooke, D. D. Condit, C. P. Ross, W. P. Woodring and F. C. Calkins. 1921. A geological reconnaissance of the Dominican Republic. Geological Survey of the Dominican Republic Memoir 1:1-268
Categories:
- Geologic formations of the Dominican Republic
- Paleogene Dominican Republic
- Limestone formations
- Shallow marine deposits