Jagua Formation
| Jagua Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Oxfordian, | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Location | |
| Region | Pinar del Río Province |
| Country |  Cuba |
The Jagua Formation is a Late Jurassic (middle to late Oxfordian[1]) geologic formation in Pinar del Río Province, western Cuba. Plesiosaur, pliosaur, pterosaur, metriorhynchid, and turtle remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from its strata.
Paleofauna
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| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
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C. caribensis |
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C. oxfordiensis |
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G. iturraldei |
about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) east of Viñales |
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N. hesperius |
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V. caroli |
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References
- ^ De la Fuente, M. S., & Iturralde-Vinent, M. (2001). A new pleurodiran turtle from the Jagua Formation (Oxfordian) of western Cuba. Journal Information, 75(4).
- ^ a b Barrett, P.M., Butler, R.J., Edwards, N.P., & Milner, A.R. Pterosaur distribution in time and space: an atlas. p61-107. in Flugsaurier: Pterosaur papers in honour of Peter Wellnhofer. 2008. Hone, D.W.E., and Buffetaut, E. (eds). Zitteliana B, 28. 264pp.[1]
- ^ A New Pleurodiran Turtle from the Jagua Formation (Oxfordian) of Western Cuba. The Journal of Paleontology, July 2001.
- ^ Gasparini, Zulma (2009). "A New Oxfordian Pliosaurid (Plesiosauria, Pliosauridae) in the Caribbean Seaway" (pdf). Palaeontology. 52 (3): 661–669. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00871.x.
- ^ Gasparini, Z., Bardet, N., and Iturralde-Vinent, M. (2002). "A new cryptoclidid plesiosaur from the Oxfordian (Late Jurassic) of Cuba". Geobios. 35 (2): 201–211. doi:10.1016/s0016-6995(02)00019-0.
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