Cervicos Limestone Explained

Cervicos Limestone
Type:	Formation
Age:	Late Oligocene
Period:	Chattian
Prilithology:	Limestone
Coordinates:	19.4°N -70.8°W
Paleocoordinates:	18.6°N -69.8°W

The Cervicos Limestone is a geologic formation in the Dominican Republic. It preserves fossils dating back to the Late Oligocene period,^{[1] [2]} as Orthaulax aquadillensis and Clypeaster concavus.^[3]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Dominican Republic

Further reading

• T. W. Vaughan, W. Cooke, D.D. Condit, C.P. Ross, W.P. Woodring and F.C. Calkins. 1921. A geological reconnaissance of the Dominican Republic. Geological Survey of the Dominican Republic Memoir 1

Notes and References

1. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Cervicos%20Limestone&group_formation_member=Cervicos%20Limestone Cervicos Limestone
2. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Cevicos&group_formation_member=Cevicos Cervicos Formation
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=KKeSiZL36GcC&dq=Cervicos+Limestone&pg=PA46 Cambridge University Press