Cayo Agua Formation
Geologic formation in Panama
Cayo Agua Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Zanclean-Piacenzian | |
Type | Formation |
Unit of | Bocas del Toro Group |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Other | Siltstone |
Location | |
Region | Bocas del Toro |
Country | ![]() |
Type section | |
Named for | Cayo Agua |
The Cayo Agua Formation is a geologic formation in Panama. It preserves fossils dating back to the Pliocene period.[1]
Fossil content
- Aphera trophis[2]
- Cancellaria axelolssoni, C. isabelae[2]
- Diaphus depressifrons[3]
- Umbrina bananensis, U. sublima[4]
See also
References
Bibliography
- Orangel A. Aguilera; Werner Schwarzhans; Philippe Béarez (2016). "Otoliths of the Sciaenidae from the Neogene of tropical America". Palaeo Ichthyologica. 14: 7–90.
- Bernard Landau; Richard E. Petit; Carlos M. Da Silva (2012). "The Family Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Neogene of the Bocas Del Toro Region, Panama, with the description of seven new species". Journal of Paleontology. 86 (2): 311–339. Bibcode:2012JPal...86..311L. doi:10.1666/11-070.1.
- Werner Schwarzhans; Orangel Aguilera (2013). "Otoliths of the Myctophidae from the Neogene of tropical America". Palaeo Ichthyologica. 13: 83–150.
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