Guasasa Formation
The Guasasa Formation is a geologic formation in Cuba. It is Tithonian to Early Valanginian in age and contains fossils of ammonites.
Description
It primarily consists of limestone.
See also
References
- ^ Guasasa Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Pszczółkowski, Andrzej; Myczyński, Ryszard (March 2010). "Tithonian–Early Valanginian evolution of deposition along the proto-Caribbean margin of North America recorded in Guaniguanico successions (western Cuba)". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 29 (2): 225–253. Bibcode:2010JSAES..29..225P. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2009.07.004. ISSN 0895-9811.
- ^ López-Martínez, Rafael; Barragán, Ricardo; Reháková, Daniela; Cobiella-Reguera, Jorge Luis (2013-06-01). "Calpionellid distribution and microfacies across the Jurassic/ Cretaceous boundary in western Cuba (Sierra de los Órganos)". Geologica Carpathica. 64 (3): 195–208. Bibcode:2013GCarp..64..195L. doi:10.2478/geoca-2013-0014. ISSN 1336-8052.
Further reading
- Bermúdez, Pedro J (1961), "Las formaciones geológicas de Cuba" (PDF), Geología Cubana, 1: 1–180, retrieved 2019-02-06
- R. Myczynski. 1989. Ammonite biostratigraphy of the Tithonian of Western Cuba. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 59:43-125