The Jarao Formation is a geologic formation in Cuba. The dark-colored limestone intercalated with volcanic and tuffaceous formation preserves rudist fossils of Vaccinites inaequicostatus and dates back to the Santonian period.[1]

Jarao Formation
Stratigraphic range: Santonian
~85.8–84.9 Ma
TypeFormation
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
OtherTuff
Location
Coordinates22°06′N 79°42′W / 22.1°N 79.7°W / 22.1; -79.7
Approximate paleocoordinates13°48′N 58°30′W / 13.8°N 58.5°W / 13.8; -58.5
RegionSancti Spíritus Province
Country Cuba
Type section
Named forEl Jarao
Jarao Formation is located in Cuba
Jarao Formation
Jarao Formation (Cuba)

See also

edit

References

edit

Further reading

edit
  • 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