Piragua Formation

Piragua Formation
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
Approximate paleocoordinates	12°30′N 57°06′W / 12.5°N 57.1°W
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.^[1]

Fossil content

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

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)