Isla Colón Formation
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Isla Colón Formation (Panama)
The Isla Colón Formation is an Early Pleistocene geologic formation in the Bocas del Toro Province of northwestern Panama. It preserves coral fossils. The formation, part of the Bocas del Toro Group, comprises limestones and sandstones deposited in a reefal environment.[1][2]
Fossil content
- Isophyllia maoensis[3]
See also
References
Bibliography
- Ann F. Budd; James D. Woodell; Danwei Huang; James S. Klaus (2019). "Evolution of the Caribbean subfamily Mussinae (Anthozoa: Scleractinia: Faviidae): transitions between solitary and colonial forms". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 17 (18): 1581–1616. Bibcode:2019JSPal..17.1581B. doi:10.1080/14772019.2018.1541932. S2CID 92225764.
Further reading
- A. F. Budd, K. G. Johnson, T. A. Stemann and B. H. Tompkins. 1999. Pliocene to Pleistocene reef coral assemblages in the Limon Group of Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 357:119-158