The Moin Formation is a geologic formation in Costa Rica. It preserves fossils dating back to the Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene period.[1]
| Moin Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Limón Group |
| Sub-units | Empalme, Lomas del Mar, Middle & Santa Rosa Members |
| Overlies | Río Banano Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Siltstone, limestone, sandstone, claystone |
| Other | Mudstone, grainstone |
| Location | |
| Region | Limón Province |
| Country |  Costa Rica |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Moin |
  Moin Formation (Costa Rica) | |
Fossil content
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Moin Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Schwarzhand & Aguilera, 2016
- ^ Landau & Vermeij, 2012
Bibliography
edit- 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.
- Schwarzhans, Werner; Aguilera, Órangel (2016), "Otoliths of the Ophidiiformes from the Neogene of tropical America", Palaeo Ichthyologica, 14: 91–124, retrieved 2019-02-09
Further reading
edit- S. D. Cairns. 1995. New records of azooxanthellate stony corals (Cnidaria: Scleractinia and Stylasteridae) from the Neogene of Panama and Costa Rica. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108(3):533-550