Mare Formation

Geology

Group: Cabo Blanco

Members: unnamed (14), Lower (3), Upper (3)

Lithologies: "siliciclastic" (14), claystone (1), mudstone (1), siltstone (4), sandstone (5), conglomerate (3), "limestone" (31), tuff (3)

Paleoenvironments: marine indet. (17), terrestrial indet. (3), carbonate indet. (24), lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal (1), reef, buildup or bioherm (1), basinal (carbonate) (3), coastal indet. (6), wet floodplain (1), cave (1)

Age range: base of the Olenekian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 251.20000 to 0.78100 Ma
Collections

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Romania (154985)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2China (Sichuan) (119278)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0Romania (154986 154987 154988 154989 154990 154991 154992 154993 154994 154995 154996 154997 154998 154999 155000 155001 155002 155003)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Romania (155004 155005 155006 155007 155008)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Spain (131814 131815 131816 131817)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Spain (Andalucia) (91492)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Portugal (50061)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) (26369)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Colombia (97678)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Chile (Magallanes) (139877)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Chile (207598 207599)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) (41541 41542 41543 41544 41545 41554)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela (131209 131210 131211 131212 131213 131214 131215 131216 131217 131218 131285 131310 131363)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela (Tayabas) (41568)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy (Palermo) (77592)