Vigla Formation

The Vigla Formation is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation found mostly in Albania and Greece.

During the Late Cretaceous period, the uplifted margins of the grabens caused erosion of the pre-existing deposits of the Lower Cretaceous “Vigla Formation”.

Fossil content

It contains radiolarian fossils dated to the late Barremian to middle Albian of the Cretaceous period.

Polycystina

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Albania
• Kalur Chert
• Han-Bulog Formation
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Greece

References

Further reading

• T. Danelian, F. Baudin, S. Gardin, E. Masure, C. Ricordel, I. Fili, T. Mecaj and K. Mustaq. 2007. The record of mid Cretaceous oceanic anoxic events from the Ionian zone of southern Albania. Revue de Micropaléontologie 50(3):225-237
• T. Danelian, H. Tsikos, S. Gardin, F. Baudin, J.-P. Bellier and L. Emmanuel. 2004. Global and regional palaeoceanographic changes as recorded in the mid-Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) sequence of the Ionian zone (NW Greece). Journal of the Geological Society 161:703-709