Usage:
Barrancas Limestone Member of Magueyes Formation (PR*)
Geologic age:
late Early Cretaceous (Albian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: quarry at Barrio Barrancas (Puerto Rico Meter Grid System 164,110 E.; 44,170 N.), Municipio de Barranquitas, Barranquitas quadrangle, north-central Puerto Rico (Briggs, 1969).
AAPG geologic province:
Caribbean region*
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