Matanzas_Formation

Matanzas Formation

Matanzas Formation

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The Matanzas Formation is a geologic formation in Cuba. It preserves fossils dating back to the Late Pliocene period.[1]

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Fossil content

  • Porites baracoaensis
  • Agaricia dominicensis
  • Madracis mirabilis
  • Stylophora granulata
  • Thysanus excentricus

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Matanzas Formation at Fossilworks.org

Further reading

  • Bermúdez, Pedro J. 1961. Las formaciones geológicas de Cuba. Geología Cubana 1. 1–180. Accessed 2019-02-06.
  • 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


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