Shark Hole Point Formation

The Shark Hole Point Formation is a geologic formation in Bocas del Toro Province of northwestern Panama. The siltstones preserve fossils dating back to the Pliocene period.[1]

Shark Hole Point Formation
Stratigraphic range: Zanclean-Piacenzian
TypeFormation
Unit ofBocas del Toro Group
UnderliesEscudo de Veraguas Formation
OverliesNancy Point Formation
Lithology
PrimarySiltstone
Location
Coordinates9°00′N 81°42′W / 9.0°N 81.7°W / 9.0; -81.7
Approximate paleocoordinates9°18′N 81°18′W / 9.3°N 81.3°W / 9.3; -81.3
RegionBocas del Toro
Country Panama
Type section
Named forShark Hole Point
Shark Hole Point Formation is located in Panama
Shark Hole Point Formation
Shark Hole Point Formation (Panama)

Fossil content edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Shark Hole Point Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Schwarzhans & Aguilera, 2013

Bibliography edit

  • Schwarzhans, Werner, and Órangel Aguilera. 2013. Otoliths of the Myctophidae from the Neogene of tropical America. Palaeo Ichthyologica 13. 83–150. Accessed 2019-02-09.