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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 Cayo Agua

The Cayo Agua Formation is a geologic formation in Panama. It preserves fossils dating back to the Pliocene period. [1]

Fossil content

See also

References

  1. ^ Cayo Agua Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ a b Landau et al., 2012
  3. ^ Schwarzhans & Aguilera, 2013
  4. ^ 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. Bibcode: 2012JPal...86..311L. 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.