• 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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