Cangahua Formation

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

Cangahua Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Pleistocene (Lujanian) ~
Type	Geological formation
Location
Coordinates	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)

Fossil content

The formation has provided insect fossils of:

• Coprinisphaera ecuadoriensis
• Phanaeus violetae

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Ecuador

References

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, retrieved 2019-02-09