Guaduas Formation

Guaduas Formation
Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian-Paleocene
~68–60 Ma
Coal from the Guaduas Formation, Páramo de Ocetá
TypeGeological formation
UnderliesCacho Formation
OverliesGuadalupe Gp.
 Arenisca Labor-Tierna Fm.
Thicknessup to 1,090 metres (3,580 ft)
Lithology
PrimaryShale
OtherSandstone, coal
Location
Coordinates5°05′N 74°36′W / 5.083°N 74.600°W / 5.083; -74.600
RegionMiddle Magdalena Basin
Magdalena River Valley
Altiplano Cundiboyacense
Eastern Ranges, Andes
Country Colombia
Type section
Named forGuaduas
Named byHubach
LocationGuaduas
Year defined1931
Coordinates5°05′N 74°36′W / 5.083°N 74.600°W / 5.083; -74.600
Approximate paleocoordinates0°36′N 52°30′W / 0.6°N 52.5°W / 0.6; -52.5
RegionCundinamarca, Boyacá
Country Colombia

Paleogeography of Northern South America
65 Ma, by Ron Blakey

The Guaduas Formation (Spanish: Formación Guaduas, K2P1G, K2E1G, KPgg, KTg, TKg, Ktg) is a geological formation of the Middle Magdalena Basin and the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The predominantly shale with coalbed formation dates to the Late Cretaceous and Paleogene periods; Maastrichtian-Paleocene epochs, and has a maximum thickness of 1,090 metres (3,580 ft). Fossils of Coussapoa camargoi, Ficus andrewsi, Berhamniphyllum sp. and Archaeopaliurus boyacensis have been found in coalbeds in Zipaquirá and Tasco, Boyacá.