The Consuelo Formation is a

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. It preserves

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dating back to the

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period. The formation is correlated with the Chapapote Formation of

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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.Gutiérrez Domech, 1969, p.32 The formation overlies the Príncipe and

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s with an unconformity,Gutiérrez Domech, 1969, p.33 and is overlain by the

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.Almaguer Álvarez, 2015, p.21 The Consuelo Formation consists of yellow to creamy-white

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marls and white micritic

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s.Almaguer Álvarez, 2015, p.20

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