Consuelo Formation

Consuelo Formation is located in Cuba
Consuelo Formation
Consuelo Formation (Cuba)

The Consuelo Formation is a geologic formation in Cuba. It preserves fossils dating back to the Priabonian period. The formation is correlated with the Chapapote Formation of Mexico and the Jackson Formation of the United States.[1]

Description

The Consuelo Formation was described by Bermúdez in 1950 based on a section of marls in the Consuelo El Tejar quarry in La Habana Province.[2] The formation overlies the Príncipe and Capdevila Formations with an unconformity,[3] and is overlain by the Tinguaro Formation.[4] The Consuelo Formation consists of yellow to creamy-white calcareous marls and white micritic limestones.[5]

Fossil content

  • Cidaris cubensis
  • Histocidaris sanchezi

See also

References

  1. ^ Consuelo Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Gutiérrez Domech, 1969, p.32
  3. ^ Gutiérrez Domech, 1969, p.33
  4. ^ Almaguer Álvarez, 2015, p.21
  5. ^ Almaguer Álvarez, 2015, p.20

Bibliography

Almaguer Álvarez, Yaimeli. 2015. Estratigrafía del sector Morro-Cojímar de la franja norte de crudos pesados, 1–81. Universidad de Pinar del Río. Accessed 2019-02-06.

Gutiérrez Domech, M.R. 1969. Una localidad cotipo de la Formación Consuelo en la Provincia de La Habana, Cuba. Estratigrafía y geofísica 7. 31–52. Accessed 2019-02-06.

Further reading

Bermúdez, Pedro J. 1961. Las formaciones geológicas de Cuba. Geología Cubana 1. 1–180. Accessed 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