The Tonosí Formation is a geologic formation in Panama. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period (Priabonian).[1]
| Tonosí Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Priabonian (Chadronian) ~ | |
| Type | Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 7°24′N 80°24′W / 7.4°N 80.4°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 0°48′N 104°12′W / 0.8°N 104.2°W |
| Region | Los Santos Province |
| Country |  Panama |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Tonosí |
  Tonosí Formation (Panama) | |
Fossil content edit
Among others, the formation has provided fossils of:
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Tonosí Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Woodring, 1973, p.472
Bibliography edit
- Woodring, W.P. 1973. Geology and Paleontology of Canal Zone and Adjoining Parts of Panama - 306E Description of Tertiary Mollusks (Additions to gastropods, scaphopods, pelecypods: Nuculidae to Malleidae), 1–128. USGS. Accessed 2019-02-09.
Further reading edit
- A. K. Miller and W. M. Furnish. 1939. Aturias from the Eocene of Panama. Journal of Paleontology 13(1):77-79