Usage:
Barrazas Formation (PR*)
Geologic age:
early Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: Quebrada Maracuto (Puerto Rico Meter Grid System 204,500 E.; 55,390 N.), 1 km west-southwest of Cerro Gordo, Gurabo quadrangle, northeastern Puerto Rico. Named from Barrio Barrazas (Seiders, 1971).
AAPG geologic province:
Caribbean region*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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