Cayo Agua Formation
| Cayo Agua Formation Stratigraphic range: Zanclean-Piacenzian | |
|---|---|
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Bocas del Toro Group |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Siltstone |
| Location | |
| Region | Bocas del Toro |
| Country |  Panama |
| Type section | |
| Named for | |
The Cayo Agua Formation is a geologic formation in Panama. It preserves fossils dating back to the Pliocene period.[1]
Fossil content[]
See also[]
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Panama
References[]
- ^ Cayo Agua Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ a b Landau et al., 2012
- ^ Schwarzhans & Aguilera, 2013
- ^ Aguilera et al., 2016
Bibliography[]
- Orangel A. Aguilera; Werner Schwarzhans; Philippe Béarez (2016). "Otoliths of the Sciaenidae from the Neogene of tropical America". Palaeo Ichthyologica. 14: 7–90.
- Bernard Landau; Richard E. Petit; Carlos M. Da Silva (2012). "The Family Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Neogene of the Bocas Del Toro Region, Panama, with the description of seven new species". Journal of Paleontology. 86 (2): 311–339. doi:10.1666/11-070.1.
- Werner Schwarzhans; Orangel Aguilera (2013). "Otoliths of the Myctophidae from the Neogene of tropical America". Palaeo Ichthyologica. 13: 83–150.
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