Usage:
No current usage.
(†Santas Pascuas Member of the Lago Garzas Formation (PR) abandoned. Considered to be lithofacies of Anon Formation. See Anon.)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: from the first east-flowing unnamed tributary of the Rio Canas, 1.3 km north of Hacienda Batiz, to the village of Santas Pascuas, northern border of the Penuelas quadrangle, Puerto Rico (Krushensky and Monroe, 1978).
AAPG geologic province:
Caribbean region
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