Vigla Formation

Vigla Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Barremian-mid Albian
~123–100 Ma

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Type	Formation
Sub-units	Dercourt Member
Lithology
Primary	Chert
Other	Limestone, claystone
Location
Coordinates	40°00′N 20°06′E / 40.0°N 20.1°ECoordinates: 40°00′N 20°06′E / 40.0°N 20.1°E
Approximate paleocoordinates	20°54′N 21°18′E / 20.9°N 21.3°E
Country	Albania; Greece
	Vigla Formation (Albania)

The Vigla Formation is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation in Albania and Greece.

Fossil content[]

It preserves radiolarian fossils dating back to the late Barremian to middle Albian of the Cretaceous period.^[1]

T. Danelian, F. Baudin, S. Gardin, E. Masure, C. Ricordel, I. Fili, T. Mecaj and K. Mustaq. 2007. The record of mid Cretaceous oceanic anoxic events from the Ionian zone of southern Albania. Revue de Micropaléontologie 50(3):225-237
T. Danelian, H. Tsikos, S. Gardin, F. Baudin, J.-P. Bellier and L. Emmanuel. 2004. Global and regional palaeoceanographic changes as recorded in the mid-Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) sequence of the Ionian zone (NW Greece). Journal of the Geological Society 161:703-709