| Piragua Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Santonian ~85.8–84.9 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
| Type | Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Tuff |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 21°30′N 77°48′W / 21.5°N 77.8°W / 21.5; -77.8 |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 12°30′N 57°06′W / 12.5°N 57.1°W / 12.5; -57.1 |
| Region | Camagüey Province |
| Country |  Cuba |
  Piragua Formation (Cuba) | |
The Piragua Formation is a geologic formation in Cuba. The limestone intercalated with tuff formation preserves rudist fossils dating back to the Santonian period.
Fossil content
- Durania curasavica, D. lopeztrigoi
- Praebarrettia corrali
- Torreites tschoppi
- Vaccinites inaequicostatus
- Plagioptychus sp.
- ?Mitrocaprina sp.
See also
References
- Piragua Formation at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
- Bermúdez, Pedro J (1961), "Las formaciones geológicas de Cuba" (PDF), Geología Cubana, 1: 1–180, retrieved 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