The Consuelo Formation is a geologic formation in Cuba. It preserves fossils dating back to the Priabonian period. The formation is correlated with the Chapapote Formation of Mexico and the Jackson Formation of the United States.[1]
| Consuelo Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Priabonian | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Tinguaro Formation |
| Overlies | Príncipe & Capdevila Formations |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Marl |
| Other | Micritic limestone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 21°24′N 78°18′W / 21.4°N 78.3°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 21°12′N 71°18′W / 21.2°N 71.3°W |
| Region | La Habana Province |
| Country |  Cuba |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Consuelo Tejar quarry |
| Named by | Bermúdez |
| Year defined | 1950 |
  Consuelo Formation (Cuba) | |
Description
editThe Consuelo Formation was described by Bermúdez in 1950 based on a section of marls in the Consuelo El Tejar quarry in La Habana Province.[2] The formation overlies the Príncipe and Capdevila Formations with an unconformity,[3] and is overlain by the Tinguaro Formation.[4] The Consuelo Formation consists of yellow to creamy-white calcareous marls and white micritic limestones.[5]
Fossil content
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Consuelo Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Gutiérrez Domech, 1969, p.32
- ^ Gutiérrez Domech, 1969, p.33
- ^ Almaguer Álvarez, 2015, p.21
- ^ Almaguer Álvarez, 2015, p.20
Bibliography
edit- Almaguer Álvarez, Yaimeli (2015), Estratigrafía del sector Morro-Cojímar de la franja norte de crudos pesados (PDF), Universidad de Pinar del Río, pp. 1–81, retrieved 2019-02-06
- Gutiérrez Domech, M.R (1969), "Una localidad cotipo de la Formación Consuelo en la Provincia de La Habana, Cuba" (PDF), Estratigrafía y geofísica, 7: 31–52, retrieved 2019-02-06
Further reading
edit- Bermúdez, Pedro J (1961), "Las formaciones geológicas de Cuba" (PDF), Geología Cubana, 1: 1–180, retrieved 2019-02-06
- B. M. Cutress. 1980. Cretaceous and Tertiary Cidaroida (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) of the Caribbean Area. Bulletins of American Paleontology 77(309):1-221