Usage:
Avispa Formation of Rio Orocovis Group (PR*)
Subunits:
Cuchillas Member (PR*).
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Named from exposures on and in vicinity of Cerro Avispa, in central part of Ciales quadrangle, btw. locs. 13 and 14 (pl. 1), Puerto Rico. All areas of outcrop extensively faulted (Berryhill, 1965).
AAPG geologic province:
Caribbean region*
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