The Habana Formation is a
geologic formation in
Cuba. It preserves mainly
gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
and
rudist fossils
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dating back to the
Late Campanian to
Maastrichtian periods.
Habana Formation
at Fossilworks
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.org The formation was defined by Robert H. Palmer in 1934.[Bermúdez, 1964, p.29]
See also
* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Cuba
The Paleobiology Database lists no known fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The database also records no fossiliferous stratigraphic units within several regions of t ...
References
Bibliography
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Further reading
* {{citation , author=Pedro J Bermúdez , year=1961 , title=Las formaciones geológicas de Cuba , url=http://paleoarchive.com/literature/Bermudez1961-FormacionesGeologicasCuba.pdf , journal= Geología Cubana , volume=1 , pages=1–180 , accessdate=2019-02-06
* N. F. Sohl and H. A. Kollmann. 1985. Cretaceous Actaeonellid Gastropods from the Western Hemisphere. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1304:1-104
* A. Torre. 1960. Notas sobre rudistas otes about rudists
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History
High Laver is historically a rural agricultural parish, pred ...
Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural 25(1):51-64
Geologic formations of Cuba
Cretaceous Cuba
Campanian Stage
Maastrichtian Stage of North America
Limestone formations
Shallow marine deposits
Formations
Formations