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Piragua Formation

Piragua Formation

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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]

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Fossil content

  • Durania curasavica, D. lopeztrigoi
  • Praebarrettia corrali
  • Torreites tschoppi
  • Vaccinites inaequicostatus
  • Plagioptychus sp.
  • ?Mitrocaprina sp.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Piragua Formation at Fossilworks.org

Further reading

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