Artemisa Formation

Artemisa Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Oxfordian-Tithonian
Type	Formation
Sub-units	La Zarza & Sumidero Members
Lithology
Primary	Shale, limestone
Location
Coordinates	22°42′N83°06′W / 22.7°N 83.1°W / 22.7; -83.1
Approximate paleocoordinates	4°42′N51°36′W / 4.7°N 51.6°W / 4.7; -51.6
Region	Artemisa & Pinar del Río Provinces
Country	Cuba
Extent	Sierra del Rosario
Type section
Named for	Artemisa
Artemisa Formation (Cuba)

The Artemisa Formation is a geologic formation in western Cuba. ^[1] It preserves mainly ammonite fossils dating back to the Late Oxfordian to Tithonian period. ^[2] The formation is divided into two members; La Zarza and Sumidero Members. ^[3] Most of the formation was deposited in deeper marine conditions. ^[4]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Cuba

References

1. Artemisa Formation at Fossilworks.org
2. Zell, P.; Stinnesbeck, W. (2016). "Salinites grossicostatum Imlay, 1939 and S. finicostatum sp. nov. from the latest Tithonian (Late Jurassic) of northeastern Mexico". Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana. 68 (2): 305–311. doi: 10.18268/BSGM2016v68n2a8 .
3. Figueroa Guanche et al., 2013, p.2
4. Figueroa Guanche et al., 2013, p.5

Bibliography

• Figueroa Guanche, Dunia; Cobiella Reguera, Jorge Luis; Cruz Gámez, Esther María; Gil González, Santa (2013). "Petrografía y microfacies de las rocas carbonatadas de la Formación Artemisa en Soroa y alrededores, Sierra del Rosario, Cuba occidental" (PDF). X Congreso Cubano de Geología. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-09. Retrieved 2019-02-07.

Further reading

• Bermúdez, Pedro J (1961). "Las formaciones geológicas de Cuba" (PDF). Geología Cubana . 1. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
• R. Myczynski. 1989. Ammonite biostratigraphy of the Tithonian of Western Cuba. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 59:43-125