Port des Canonge Formation
| Port des Canonge Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Lower–middle? Permian, | |
Exposed redbeds | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Pedra de s'Ase Formation |
| Overlies | Bec de s'Àguila Formation |
| Thickness | At least up 370 m (1,210 ft) in the Port des Canonge-Hort de sa Cova section |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | sandstone, lutite (mudstone) |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 39°41′14″N 02°30′48″E / 39.68722°N 2.51333°E |
| Region | Mallorca |
| Country | Spain |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Port d'es Canonge village |
The Port des Canonge Formation is a lower–middle Permian-age geologic formation in the Mediterranean island of Mallorca. It consists of red to brown-colored sedimentary rocks (red beds) such as sandstone and mudstone, and is located in what back then was the western peri-Tethys Ocean.