Tonosí Formation
Tonosí Formation Stratigraphic range: Priabonian (Chadronian) ~ | |
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Type | Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 7°24′N 80°24′W / 7.4°N 80.4°WCoordinates: 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 | ![]() |
Type section | |
Named for | Tonosí |
![]() ![]() Tonosí Formation (Panama) |
The Tonosí Formation is a geologic formation in Panama. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period (Priabonian).[1]
Fossil content[]
Among others, the formation has provided fossils of:
See also[]
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Panama
References[]
- ^ Tonosí Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Woodring, 1973, p.472
Bibliography[]
- 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. . 1973.
Further reading[]
- A. K. Miller and W. M. Furnish. 1939. Aturias from the Eocene of Panama. Journal of Paleontology 13(1):77-79
Categories:
- Geologic formations of Panama
- Paleogene Panama
- Chadronian
- Priabonian Stage
- Sandstone formations
- Los Santos Province