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Canímar Formation

Coordinates: 23°00′N 81°30′W / 23.0°N 81.5°W / 23.0; -81.5
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Canímar Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Miocene-Pliocene
TypeFormation
Lithology
PrimaryPackstone
Location
Coordinates23°00′N 81°30′W / 23.0°N 81.5°W / 23.0; -81.5
Approximate paleocoordinates23°12′N 78°48′W / 23.2°N 78.8°W / 23.2; -78.8
RegionMatanzas Province
Country Cuba
Type section
Named forCanímar River
Canímar Formation is located in Cuba
Canímar Formation
Canímar Formation (Cuba)

The Canímar Formation is a geologic formation in Cuba. It preserves fossils dating back to the Late Miocene to Pliocene period. Among others, fossils of megalodon have been found in the formation.[1]

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Further reading

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  • Bermúdez, Pedro J (1961), "Las formaciones geológicas de Cuba" (PDF), Geología Cubana, 1: 1–180, retrieved 2019-02-06
  • M. Iturralde Vinent, G. Hubbell, and R. Rojas. 1996. Catalogue of Cuban fossil Elasmobranchii (Paleocene to Pliocene) and paleogeographic implications of their Lower to Middle Miocene occurrence. Boletín de la Sociedad Jamaicana de Geología 31:7-21
  • C. E. Schweitzer, M. Iturralde Vinent, J. L. Hetler and J. Vélez Juarbe. 2006. Oligocene and Miocene decapods (Thalassinidea and Brachyura) from the Caribbean. Annals of Carnegie Museum 75(2):111-136