Cangahua Formation

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Cangahua Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Pleistocene
(Lujanian)
~0.8–0.011  Ma
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Type Geological formation
Location
Coordinates 0°12′N78°30′W / 0.2°N 78.5°W / 0.2; -78.5
Region Pichincha Province
Country Ecuador
Extent Sierra Region
Type section
Named forCangahua, a local name for adobe.
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Cangahua Formation (Ecuador)

The Cangahua Formation is a Late Pleistocene (Lujanian in the SALMA classification) geologic formation of the Pichincha Province in north-central Ecuador. [1]

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The formation has provided insect fossils of: [2]

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