Guanajibo Formation (PR*)
late Tertiary (late Miocene)*
Named from Guanajibo Channel. Penetrated by wells at Mayaguez, Mayaguez quadrangle, west coast of Puerto Rico (McGuinness, 1948).
Caribbean region*
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