Piragua Formation

The Piragua Formation is a geologic formation in Cuba. The limestone intercalated with tuff formation preserves rudist fossils dating back to the Santonian period.^[1]

Piragua Formation
Stratigraphic range: Santonian ~85.8–84.9 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Formation
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Other	Tuff
Location
Coordinates	21.5°N 77.8°W / 21.5; -77.8
Approximate paleocoordinates	12.5°N 57.1°W / 12.5; -57.1
Region	Camagüey Province
Country	Cuba
Piragua Formation (Cuba)

Fossil content

• Durania curasavica, D. lopeztrigoi
• Praebarrettia corrali
• Torreites tschoppi
• Vaccinites inaequicostatus
• Plagioptychus sp.
• ?Mitrocaprina sp.

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Cuba