Usage:
Pajaros Tuff (PR*)
Geologic age:
Early(?) Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: exposures in Quebrada Escarcha, Puerto Rico, 600 m south of the north border of the Naranjito quadrangle and extending south for 500 m (Puerto Rico Meter Grid System 177,620 E.; 59,390 N. to 177,630 E.; 58,940 N.). Named from Barrio Pajaros (Pease, 1968).
AAPG geologic province:
Caribbean region*
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