Usage:
Barros Tuff Member of Torrecilla Breccia (PR*)
Geologic age:
late Early Cretaceous (Albian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: Along foot trail descending a ridge about 1 km northwest of Orocovis, Barrio Barros, 44,280 N.; 156,120 E., to 44,380 N.; 155,850 E., Orocovis quadrangle, central Puerto Rico (Briggs, 1969).
AAPG geologic province:
Caribbean region*
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