Piragua Formation
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]
| Piragua Formation Stratigraphic range: Santonian ~85.8–84.9 Ma | |
|---|---|
| Type | Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Tuff |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 21.5°N 77.8°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 12.5°N 57.1°W |
| Region | Camagüey Province |
| Country |  Cuba |
  Piragua Formation (Cuba) | |
Fossil content
- Durania curasavica, D. lopeztrigoi
- Praebarrettia corrali
- Torreites tschoppi
- Vaccinites inaequicostatus
- Plagioptychus sp.
- ?Mitrocaprina sp.
References
- 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 Geologicas 12(2):272-291
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