Habana Formation

The Habana Formation is a geologic formation in Cuba. It preserves mainly gastropod and rudist fossils dating back to the Late Campanian to Maastrichtian periods.[1] The formation was defined by Robert H. Palmer in 1934.[2]

Habana Formation Stratigraphic range: Late Campanian-Maastrichtian ~72–66 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Formation
Sub-units	Titanosarcolites Beds
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Location
Coordinates	22.2°N 79.8°W
Approximate paleocoordinates	21.2°N 63.6°W
Region	Pinar del Río & Sancti Spíritus Provinces
Country	Cuba
Type section
Named for	La Habana
Named by	Robert H. Palmer
Year defined	1934
Habana Formation (Cuba)

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Cuba

References

1. Habana Formation at Fossilworks.org
2. Bermúdez, 1964, p.29

Bibliography

• Pedro J Bermúdez (1964), Adiciones a las formaciones geológicas de Cuba (PDF), Instituto Cubano de Recursos Minerales, pp. 20–39, retrieved 2019-02-07

Further reading

• Pedro J Bermúdez (1961), "Las formaciones geológicas de Cuba" (PDF), Geología Cubana, 1: 1–180, retrieved 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 [Notes about rudists]. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural 25(1):51-64