The Río Banano Formation is a geologic formation in Costa Rica of the Limón Group. It preserves fossils dating back to the Middle Miocene to Piacenzian period.[1]
| Río Banano Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Middle Miocene-Piacenzian | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Limón Group |
| Underlies | Moin Formation |
| Overlies | Uscari Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone, siltstone |
| Other | Claystone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 9°54′N 83°06′W / 9.9°N 83.1°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 9°48′N 83°18′W / 9.8°N 83.3°W |
| Region | Limón Province |
| Country |  Costa Rica |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Banano River |
  Río Banano Formation (Costa Rica) | |
Fossil content
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Río Banano Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Landau et al., 2012
- ^ Aguilera et al., 2016
- ^ Laurito et al., 2014
Bibliography
edit- Aguilera, Órangel A.; Schwarzhans, Werner; Béarez, Philippe (2016), "Otoliths of the Sciaenidae from the Neogene of tropical America", Palaeo Ichthyologica, 14: 7–90, retrieved 2019-02-09
- 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, doi:10.1666/12-043R.1, retrieved 2019-02-09
- Laurito, César A.; Calvo, Cristian; Valerio, Ana L.; Calvo, Alejandro; Chacón, Rafael (2014), "Ictiofauna del Mioceno Inferior de la localidad de Pacuare de Tres Equis, Formación Río Banano, provincia de Cartago, Costa Rica, y descripción de un nuevo género y una nueva especie de Scaridae", Revista Geológica de América Central, 50 (50): 153–192, doi:10.15517/rgac.v0i50.15121