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Lucayan Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Pleistocene
Type	Formation
Lithology
Primary	Packstone
Other	Wackestone, grainstone, floatstone
Location
Coordinates	24°36′N 79°06′W / 24.6°N 79.1°W / 24.6; -79.1
Region	Great Bahama Bank
Country	Bahamas
Lucayan Formation (Bahamas)

The Lucayan Formation is a geologic formation in the Bahamas. It preserves fossils dating back to the Early Pleistocene period.

See also

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Bahamas

References

Lucayan Formation

Further reading

A. F. Budd and C. Manfrino. 2001. Coral assemblages and reef environments in the Bahamas Drilling Project cores. in R. N. Ginsburg, ed., Subsurface geology of a prograding carbonate platform margin, Great Bahama Bank: results of the Bahamas Drilling Project. SEPM Special Publication 70 41-59

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