The Río Banano Formation is a geologic formation in Costa Rica of the Limón Group. It preserves fossils dating back to the Middle Miocene to Piacenzian period.[1]
| Río Banano Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Middle Miocene-Piacenzian | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Limón Group |
| Underlies | Moin Formation |
| Overlies | Uscari Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone, siltstone |
| Other | Claystone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 9°54′N 83°06′W / 9.9°N 83.1°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 9°48′N 83°18′W / 9.8°N 83.3°W |
| Region | Limón Province |
| Country |  Costa Rica |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Banano River |
  Río Banano Formation (Costa Rica) | |
Fossil content edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Río Banano Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Landau et al., 2012
- ^ Aguilera et al., 2016
- ^ Laurito et al., 2014
Bibliography edit
- Aguilera, Órangel A.; Werner Schwarzhans, and Philippe Béarez. 2016. Otoliths of the Sciaenidae from the Neogene of tropical America. Palaeo Ichthyologica 14. 7–90. Accessed 2019-02-09.
- Landau, Bernard; Richard E. Petit, and Carlos M. Da Silva. 2012. New Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Gatun Formation of Panama, with Eleven New Species. Journal of Paleontology 86(6). 907–930. Accessed 2019-02-09.
- Laurito, César A.; Cristian Calvo; Ana L. Valerio; Alejandro Calvo, and Rafael Chacón. 2014. Ictiofauna del Mioceno Inferior de la localidad de Pacuare de Tres Equis, Formación Río Banano, provincia de Cartago, Costa Rica, y descripción de un nuevo género y una nueva especie de Scaridae. Revista Geológica de América Central 50(50). 153–192. . doi:10.15517/rgac.v0i50.15121