The Valiente Formation is a geologic formation of the Bocas del Toro Group in the Bocas del Toro Province of northwestern Panama. The formation underlies the Nancy Point Formation and preserves bivalve, gastropod and scaphopod fossils dating back to the Serravallian period.[1]
| Valiente Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Serravallian | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Bocas del Toro Group |
| Underlies | Nancy Point Formation |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 9°12′N 82°06′W / 9.2°N 82.1°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 8°48′N 80°18′W / 8.8°N 80.3°W |
| Region | Bocas del Toro |
| Country |  Panama |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Valiente Peninsula |
  Valiente Formation (Panama) | |
See also
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References
edit- ^ Valiente Formation at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
edit- L. S. Collins and A. G. Coates. 1999. A paleobiotic survey of Caribbean faunas from the Neogene of the Isthmus of Panama. Bulletins of American Paleontology (357)