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NANCY POINT FORMATION Latitude and Longitude:

9°06′N 82°00′W / 9.1°N 82.0°W / 9.1; -82.0
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Nancy Point Formation
Stratigraphic range: Messinian
Type Formation
Unit of Bocas del Toro Group
Underlies Shark Hole Point Formation
Overlies Valiente Formation
Lithology
Primary Siltstone
Other Sandstone
Location
Coordinates 9°06′N 82°00′W / 9.1°N 82.0°W / 9.1; -82.0
Approximate paleocoordinates 9°00′N 81°00′W / 9.0°N 81.0°W / 9.0; -81.0
Region Bocas del Toro
Country  Panama
Type section
Named for Nancy Point
Nancy Point Formation is located in Panama
Nancy Point Formation
Nancy Point Formation (Panama)

The Nancy Point Formation is a geologic formation in Panama. It preserves fossils dating back to the Miocene period. [1]

Fossil content

See also

References

  1. ^ Nancy Point Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ a b c Landau et al., 2012
  3. ^ a b Schwarzhans & Aguilera, 2013

Bibliography

  • Landau, Bernard; Petit, Richard E.; Da Silva, Carlos M. (2012), "New Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Gatun Formation of Panama, with Eleven New Species", Journal of Paleontology, 86 (6): 907–930, Bibcode: 2012JPal...86..907L, doi: 10.1666/12-043R.1, retrieved 2019-02-09
  • Schwarzhans, Werner; Aguilera, Órangel (2013), "Otoliths of the Myctophidae from the Neogene of tropical America", Palaeo Ichthyologica, 13: 83–150, retrieved 2019-02-09