Jabaco Formation
Stratigraphic range: Priabonian
Type	Formation
Sub-units	Jicotea Member
Lithology
Primary	Marl, sandstone
Other	Limestone
Location
Coordinates	22°18′N 79°42′W / 22.3°N 79.7°W / 22.3; -79.7
Approximate paleocoordinates	22°18′N 72°36′W / 22.3°N 72.6°W / 22.3; -72.6
Region	Pinar del Río Province
Country	Cuba
Type section
Named for	Jabaco
Jabaco Formation (Cuba)

The Jabaco Formation is a geologic formation in Cuba. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.^[1]

The Jabaco Formation consists of yellowish calcareous marls with abundant calcareous sandstone, in places compacted into marly limestone. The Jicotea Member is correlated with the Avon Park Formation of Florida.^[1]

• Tylocidaris bermudez
• Prionocidaris loveni
• Palmerius roberti
• Prophyllacanthus eocenicus

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Cuba

• Bermúdez, Pedro J (1961), "Las formaciones geológicas de Cuba" (PDF), Geología Cubana, 1: 1–180, retrieved 2019-02-06
• B. M. Cutress. 1980. Cretaceous and Tertiary Cidaroida (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) of the Caribbean Area. Bulletins of American Paleontology 77(309):1-221

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