Usage:
Rio Bauta Member of Pozas Formation (PR*)
Geologic age:
Late Cretaceous*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section: along dirt road that runs west-northwest down into Rio Matrullas drainage from the divide between Rio Matrullas and Rio Bauta drainage basins, Puerto Rico Meter Grid System 147,460 E.; 45,420 N. (base of section) to 147,970 E.; 45,200 N. (top), Orocovis quadrangle, Puerto Rico (Briggs, 1969).
AAPG geologic province:
Caribbean region*
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