Tuira Formation

Tuira Formation Stratigraphic range: Tortonian (Clarendonian-Hemphillian) 11–9.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Formation
Location
Coordinates	8°30′N 77°42′W / 8.5°N 77.7°W / 8.5; -77.7Coordinates: 8°30′N 77°42′W / 8.5°N 77.7°W / 8.5; -77.7
Approximate paleocoordinates	8°12′N 76°18′W / 8.2°N 76.3°W / 8.2; -76.3
Region	Darién Province
Country	Panama
Type section
Named for	Tuira River
Tuira Formation (Panama)

The Tuira Formation is a geologic formation in Panama. It preserves bivalve, gastropod and sponge fossils dating back to the Tortonian period (Clarendonian to Hemphillian in the NALMA classification), from 11 to 9.5 Ma.^[1][2]

Fossil content[]

Among others, the following fossils have been reported from the formation:^[2]

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See also[]

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Panama

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.
• Beu, A.G. 2010. Neogene Tonnoidean Gastropods of Tropical and South America; contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and Uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology 377-378. 1–550. Accessed 2019-02-09.
• Schwarzhans, Werner, and Órangel Aguilera. 2016. Otoliths of the Ophidiiformes from the Neogene of tropical America. 14. 91–124. Accessed 2019-02-09.