Escudo de Veraguas Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Piacenzian-Early Pleistocene | |
Type | Formation |
Unit of | Bocas del Toro Group |
Overlies | Shark Hole Point Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Siltstone, sandstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 9°06′N 81°36′W / 9.1°N 81.6°W / 9.1; -81.6 |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 9°00′N 81°06′W / 9.0°N 81.1°W / 9.0; -81.1 |
Region | Bocas del Toro |
Country | Panama |
Type section | |
Named for | Isla Escudo de Veraguas |
Escudo de Veraguas Formation (Panama) |
The Escudo de Veraguas Formation is a geologic formation in Panama. It preserves fossils dating back to the Piacenzian to Early Pleistocene period.
Fossil content
Among others, the following fossils have been found in the formations:
See also
References
- Escudo de Veraguas Formation at Fossilworks.org
- Landau et al., 2012
- Schwarzhans & Aguilera, 2013
Bibliography
- Landau, Bernard; Petit, Richard E.; Da Silva, Carlos M. (2012), "New Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Gatun Formation of Panama, with Eleven New Species", Journal of Paleontology, 86 (6): 907–930, Bibcode:2012JPal...86..907L, doi:10.1666/12-043R.1, retrieved 2019-02-09
- Schwarzhans, Werner; Aguilera, Órangel (2013), "Otoliths of the Myctophidae from the Neogene of tropical America", Palaeo Ichthyologica, 13: 83–150, retrieved 2019-02-09