The Guasasa Formation is a geologic formation in Cuba. It is Tithonian to Early Valanginian in age and contains fossils of ammonites.[1]
| Guasasa Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Tithonian-Early Valanginian ~ | |
| Type | Formation |
| Sub-units | San Vicente, El Americano, Tumbadero & Tumbitas Members |
| Overlies | Jagua Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Shale, dolomite, chert |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 22°42′N 83°48′W / 22.7°N 83.8°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 5°54′N 53°00′W / 5.9°N 53.0°W |
| Region | Pinar del Río Province |
| Country | Cuba |
| Extent | Sierra de los Órganos |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Guasasa |
  Guasasa Formation (Cuba) | |
Description
editFossil content
editColor key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Ichthyosaurs
edit| Ichthyosaurs of the Guasasa Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Material | Notes | Image |
| Ophthalmosauridae Indet.[4] | Indeterminate | Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba | Tithonian | Partially articulated skeleton | A ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ 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. Archived from the original on 2018-06-02. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
- ↑ Iturralde-Vinent, M.; Campos, L.; Pszczółkowski, A.; Ceballos-Izquierdo, Y.; Viñola-Lopez, L. W. (2026). "A partial ichthyosaur (?Ophthalmosauridae) skeleton from the Tithonian (Upper Jurassic) of western Cuba". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 45 (5) e2609717. doi:10.1080/02724634.2025.2609717.
Further reading
edit- 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" (PDF). Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae. 59: 43–125. ISSN 0208-9068.