Escudo de Veraguas Formation

The Escudo de Veraguas Formation is a geologic formation in Panama. It preserves fossils dating back to the Piacenzian to Early Pleistocene period.[1]

Escudo de Veraguas Formation
Stratigraphic range: Piacenzian-Early Pleistocene
TypeFormation
Unit ofBocas del Toro Group
OverliesShark Hole Point Formation
Lithology
PrimarySiltstone, sandstone
Location
Coordinates9°06′N 81°36′W / 9.1°N 81.6°W / 9.1; -81.6
Approximate paleocoordinates9°00′N 81°06′W / 9.0°N 81.1°W / 9.0; -81.1
RegionBocas del Toro
Country Panama
Type section
Named forIsla Escudo de Veraguas
Escudo de Veraguas Formation is located in Panama
Escudo de Veraguas Formation
Escudo de Veraguas Formation (Panama)

Fossil content

edit

Among others, the following fossils have been found in the formations:

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ Escudo de Veraguas Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Landau et al., 2012
  3. ^ Schwarzhans & Aguilera, 2013

Bibliography

edit
  • 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