Usage:
Montebello Limestone Member of Cibao Formation (PR*)
Geologic age:
Tertiary (late Oligocene to early Miocene)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type locality: in cliff face on east side of a trail 1,300 m S. 33 deg. E. of Montebello (Puerto Rico Meter Grid System 143,560 E.; 58,330 N.), Florida quadrangle, north-central Puerto Rico. Named from exposures surrounding village of Montebello, Barrio Rio Arriba Poniente, Municipio de Manati, Florida quadrangle, north-central Puerto Rico (Nelson and Monroe, 1966).
AAPG geologic province:
Caribbean region*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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