Cayo Agua Formation

Geologic formation in Panama
Cayo Agua Formation
Stratigraphic range: Zanclean-Piacenzian
TypeFormation
Unit ofBocas del Toro Group
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
OtherSiltstone
Location
RegionBocas del Toro
Country Panama
Type section
Named forCayo 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

  1. ^ Cayo Agua Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ a b Landau et al., 2012
  3. ^ Schwarzhans & Aguilera, 2013
  4. ^ Aguilera et al., 2016

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.


  • v
  • t
  • e
Stub icon

This Panama-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e
Stub icon

This article about a specific stratigraphic formation in Central America is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e