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Jagua Formation

Jagua Formation
Stratigraphic range: Oxfordian, 158–156 Ma
Type Geological formation
Location
Region Pinar del Río Province
Country  Cuba

The Jagua Formation is a Late Jurassic (middle to late Oxfordian) geologic formation in Pinar del Río Province, western Cuba. Plesiosaur, pliosaur, pterosaur, metriorhynchid, and turtle remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from its strata.

Cacibupteryx

C. caribensis

A rhamphorhynchid pterosaur

Caribemys

C. oxfordiensis

A pleurodiran turtle

Gallardosaurus

G. iturraldei

about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) east of Viñales

A pliosaurid

Nesodactylus

N. hesperius

A rhamphorhynchid pterosaur

Vinialesaurus

V. caroli

Viñales

A plesiosaur



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