| Tuira Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Tortonian (Clarendonian-Hemphillian) 11–9.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
| Type | Formation |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 8°30′N 77°42′W / 8.5°N 77.7°W / 8.5; -77.7 |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 8°12′N 76°18′W / 8.2°N 76.3°W / 8.2; -76.3 |
| Region | Darién Province |
| Country |  Panama |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Tuira River |
  Tuira Formation (Panama) | |
The Tuira Formation is a geologic formation in Panama. It preserves bivalve, gastropod and sponge fossils dating back to the Tortonian period (Clarendonian to Hemphillian in the NALMA classification), from 11 to 9.5 Ma.
Fossil content
Among others, the following fossils have been reported from the formation:
See also
References
- Aguilera et al., 2017, p.5
- ^ Tuira Formation at Fossilworks.org
- Beu, 2010, p.156
- Aguilera et al., 2016
- Schwarzhans & Aguilera, 2016
Bibliography
- Aguilera, Órangel A.; Schwarzhans, Werner; Béarez, Philippe (2016), "Otoliths of the Sciaenidae from the Neogene of tropical America", Palaeo Ichthyologica, 14: 7–90, retrieved 2019-02-09
- Beu, A.G (2010), "Neogene Tonnoidean Gastropods of Tropical and South America; contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and Uplift of the Central American Isthmus", Bulletins of American Paleontology, 377–378: 1–550, retrieved 2019-02-09
- Schwarzhans, Werner; Aguilera, Órangel (2016), "Otoliths of the Ophidiiformes from the Neogene of tropical America", Palaeo Ichthyologica, 14: 91–124, retrieved 2019-02-09