The Consuelo Formation is a geologic formation in Cuba. It preserves fossils dating back to the Priabonian period. The formation is correlated with the Chapapote Formation of Mexico and the Jackson Formation of the United States.Consuelo Formation at Fossilworks.org
Description The Consuelo Formation was described by Bermúdez in 1950 based on a section of marls in the Consuelo El Tejar quarry in La Habana Province.Gutiérrez Domech, 1969, p.32 The formation overlies the Príncipe and Capdevila Formations with an unconformity,Gutiérrez Domech, 1969, p.33 and is overlain by the Tinguaro Formation.Almaguer Álvarez, 2015, p.21 The Consuelo Formation consists of yellow to creamy-white calcareous marls and white micritic limestones.Almaguer Álvarez, 2015, p.20
Fossil content Cidaris cubensis Histocidaris sanchezi
See also List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Cuba
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B. M. Cutress. 1980. Cretaceous and Tertiary Cidaroida (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) of the Caribbean Area. Bulletins of American Paleontology 77(309):1-221