Río Banano Formation

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 / 9.9; -83.1Coordinates: 9°54′N 83°06′W / 9.9°N 83.1°W / 9.9; -83.1
Approximate paleocoordinates	9°48′N 83°18′W / 9.8°N 83.3°W / 9.8; -83.3
Region	Limón Province
Country	Costa Rica
Type section
Named for	Banano River
Río Banano Formation (Costa Rica)

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]

Fossil content[]

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See also[]

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Costa Rica

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Aguilera, Órangel A.; Werner Schwarzhans, and Philippe Béarez. 2016. Otoliths of the Sciaenidae from the Neogene of tropical America. 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. 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. 50. 153–192. doi:10.15517/rgac.v0i50.15121