| Cangahua Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Late Pleistocene (Lujanian) ~0.8–0.011 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 0°12′N 78°30′W / 0.2°N 78.5°W / 0.2; -78.5 |
| Region | Pichincha Province |
| Country |  Ecuador |
| Extent | Sierra Region |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Cangahua balls |
  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.
Fossil content
The formation has provided insect fossils of:
See also
References
- Cangahua Formation at Fossilworks.org
- Zunino, 2013
Bibliography
- Zunino, Mario (2013), "The first dung beetle retrieved from Coprinisphaeridae ichnofossils: Phanaeus violetae n. sp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) from Ecuadorian cangahua balls", Acta Zoológica Mexicana, 29 (1): 219–226, doi:10.21829/azm.2013.291397, retrieved 2019-02-09