Almirante Sur Sand Lentil of Cibao Formation (PR*)
Tertiary (late Oligocene to early Miocene)*
Type locality: exposures along Highway 645, at the southernmost bend of the road east of Rio Indio, Barrio Almirante Sur, 450 m south of Manati quadrangle, 1550 m west of Corozal quadrangle, Ciales quadrangle, Puerto Rico (Monroe, 1962).
Caribbean region*
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