Artemisa_Formation

Artemisa Formation

Artemisa Formation

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The Artemisa Formation is a geologic formation in western Cuba.[1] It preserves mainly ammonite fossils dating back to the Late Oxfordian to Tithonian period.[2] The formation is divided into two members; La Zarza and Sumidero Members.[3] Most of the formation was deposited in deeper marine conditions.[4]

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  1. [1]
    Artemisa Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. [2]
    Zell, P.; Stinnesbeck, W. (2016). "Salinites grossicostatum Imlay, 1939 and S. finicostatum sp. nov. from the latest Tithonian (Late Jurassic) of northeastern Mexico". Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana. 68 (2): 305–311. doi:10.18268/BSGM2016v68n2a8.
  3. [3]
    Figueroa Guanche et al., 2013, p.2
  4. [4]
    Figueroa Guanche et al., 2013, p.5

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Further reading

  • Bermúdez, Pedro J (1961). "Las formaciones geológicas de Cuba" (PDF). Geología Cubana. 1. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  • R. Myczynski. 1989. Ammonite biostratigraphy of the Tithonian of Western Cuba. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 59:43-125
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