Swan Cay Formation
Swan Cay Formation Stratigraphic range: Early Pleistocene | |
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Type | Formation |
Unit of | Bocas del Toro Group |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Other | Grainstone |
Location | |
Region | Bocas del Toro |
Country | Panama |
Type section | |
Named for |
The Swan Cay Formation is a geologic formation in Panama. It preserves fossils.[1]
Fossil content[]
See also[]
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Panama
References[]
- ^ Swan Cay Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Landau & Vermeij, 2012
- ^ Schwarzhans & Aguilera, 2016
Bibliography[]
- Bernard Landau; Geerat J. Vermeij (2012). "The genera Engina and Ameranna nov. gen. (Mollusca: Gastropoda, Buccinoidea, Buccinidae, Pisaniinae) from the Western Atlantic Neogene". Cainozoic Research. 9 (1): 121–133.
- Otoliths of the Ophidiiformes from the Neogene of tropical America. 14. 91–124. Accessed 2019-02-09. , and . 2016.
Categories:
- Geologic formations of Panama
- Pleistocene Panama
- Paleontology in Panama
- Sandstone formations
- Reef deposits
- Bocas del Toro Province
- Panama stubs
- Geologic formation stubs
- Central America stubs