Baitoa Formation

The Baitoa Formation is a geologic formation in Dominican Republic. The formation consists of siltstones and limestones deposited in a shallow marine to reef environment. The formation, unconformably overlying the Tabera Formation and unconformably overlain by the Cercado Formation, preserves bivalve, gastropod, echinoid and coral fossils dating back to the Burdigalian to Langhian period.^[1]

Baitoa Formation
Stratigraphic range: Burdigalian-Langhian
Type	Formation
Underlies	Cercado Formation
Overlies	Tabera Formation
Lithology
Primary	Siltstone, limestone
Location
Coordinates	19.3°N 70.7°W / 19.3; -70.7
Approximate paleocoordinates	19.2°N 69.5°W / 19.2; -69.5
Country	Dominican Republic
Baitoa Formation (the Dominican Republic)

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Dominican Republic
• La Toca Formation
• El Mamey Formation