Canímar Formation

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]

Canímar Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Miocene-Pliocene
Type	Formation
Lithology
Primary	Packstone
Location
Coordinates	23.0°N 81.5°W / 23.0; -81.5
Approximate paleocoordinates	23.2°N 78.8°W / 23.2; -78.8
Region	Matanzas Province
Country	Cuba
Type section
Named for	Canímar River
Canímar Formation (Cuba)

Fossil content

• Carcharocles megalodon
• Euphylax domingensis

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Cuba

References

1. Canímar Formation at Fossilworks.org

Further reading

• 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