Jagua Formation

Jagua Formation
Stratigraphic range: Oxfordian, 158–156Ma
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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

Paleofauna of the Jagua Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images

Cacibupteryx[2]

C. caribensis

A rhamphorhynchid pterosaur

Caribemys[3]

C. oxfordiensis

A pleurodiran turtle

Gallardosaurus[4]

G. iturraldei

about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) east of Viñales

A pliosaurid

Nesodactylus[2]

N. hesperius

A rhamphorhynchid pterosaur

Vinialesaurus[5]

V. caroli

Viñales

A cryptoclidid plesiosaur

References

  1. ↑ 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).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.
  3. ↑ A New Pleurodiran Turtle from the Jagua Formation (Oxfordian) of Western Cuba. The Journal of Paleontology, July 2001.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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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