Usage:
Parguera Limestone (PR*)
Subunits:
Informal lower member (Bahia Fosforescente and Punta Papayo Members of Almy, 1965) and upper member (Isla Magueyes Member of Almy, 1965).
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous (Santonian to Maastrichtian)*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type area: range of hills north of the fishing village of La Parguera, Mayaguez area, Mayaguez quadrangle, Puerto Rico. (Mattson, 1960).
AAPG geologic province:
Caribbean region*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
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