- Source: Jabaco Formation
The Jabaco Formation is a geologic formation in Cuba. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.
Description
The Jabaco Formation consists of yellowish calcareous marls with abundant calcareous sandstone, in places compacted into marly limestone. The Jicotea Member is correlated with the Avon Park Formation of Florida.
Fossil content
Tylocidaris bermudez
Prionocidaris loveni
Palmerius roberti
Prophyllacanthus eocenicus
See also
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Cuba
References
Further reading
Bermúdez, Pedro J (1961), "Las formaciones geológicas de Cuba" (PDF), Geología Cubana, 1: 1–180, retrieved 2019-02-06
B. M. Cutress. 1980. Cretaceous and Tertiary Cidaroida (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) of the Caribbean Area. Bulletins of American Paleontology 77(309):1-221
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