Cangahua Formation

The Cangahua Formation is a Late Pleistocene (Lujanian in the SALMA classification) geologic formation of the Pichincha Province in north-central Ecuador.^[1]

Cangahua Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Pleistocene (Lujanian) ~0.8–0.011 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Location
Coordinates	0.2°N 78.5°W / 0.2; -78.5
Region	Pichincha Province
Country	Ecuador
Extent	Sierra Region
Type section
Named for	Cangahua, a local name for adobe.
Cangahua Formation (Ecuador)

Fossil content

The formation has provided beetle fossils of the species:

• Coprinisphaera ecuadoriensis
• Phanaeus violetae

See also

• Earth sciences portal
• Paleontology portal
• Ecuador portal

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Ecuador