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词条 Piragua Formation
释义

  1. Fossil content

  2. See also

  3. References

  4. Further reading

{{Infobox rockunit
| name = Piragua Formation
| image =
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| type = Formation
| period = Santonian
| age = Santonian
~{{fossil range|85.8|84.9}}
| prilithology = Limestone
| otherlithology = Tuff
| namedfor =
| namedby =
| region = Camagüey Province
| country = {{CUB}}
| coordinates = {{coord|21.5|N|77.8|W|display=inline,title}}
| paleocoordinates = {{coord|12.5|N|57.1|W|display=inline}}
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| map = {{Location map+ | Cuba
| relief = 1
| width = 200
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| lat_deg = 21.5
| lon_deg = -77.8
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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]

Fossil content

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

See also

{{Portal|Earth sciences|Cuba|Paleontology|Cretaceous|Prehistory of North America}}
  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Cuba

References

1. ^Piragua Formation at Fossilworks.org

Further reading

  • {{cite LSA |last=Bermúdez |first=Pedro J |year=1961 |title=Las formaciones geológicas de Cuba |url=http://paleoarchive.com/literature/Bermudez1961-FormacionesGeologicasCuba.pdf |journal=Geología Cubana |volume=1 |pages=1–180 |accessdate=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 Geologicas 12(2):272-291

7 : Geologic formations of Cuba|Cretaceous Cuba|Santonian Stage|Limestone formations|Tuff formations|Shallow marine deposits|Geography of Camagüey Province

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