Jarao Formation
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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 | |
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Stratigraphic range: Santonian ~ | |
Type | Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
Other | Tuff |
Location | |
Coordinates | 22.1°N 79.7°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 13.8°N 58.5°W |
Region | Sancti Spíritus Province |
Country | Cuba |
Type section | |
Named for | El Jarao |
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