Tuira Formation

Tuira Formation
Stratigraphic range: Tortonian (Clarendonian-Hemphillian)
11–9.5 Ma
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TypeFormation
Location
Coordinates8°30′N 77°42′W / 8.5°N 77.7°W / 8.5; -77.7
Approximate paleocoordinates8°12′N 76°18′W / 8.2°N 76.3°W / 8.2; -76.3
RegionDarién Province
Country Panama
Type section
Named forTuira River
Tuira Formation is located in Panama
Tuira Formation
Tuira Formation (Panama)

The Tuira Formation is a geologic formation in Panama. It preserves bivalve, gastropod and sponge fossils dating back to the Tortonian period (Clarendonian to Hemphillian in the NALMA classification), from 11 to 9.5 Ma.[1][2]

Fossil content

Among others, the following fossils have been reported from the formation:[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Aguilera et al., 2017, p.5
  2. ^ a b Tuira Formation at Fossilworks.org
  3. ^ Beu, 2010, p.156
  4. ^ Aguilera et al., 2016
  5. ^ Schwarzhans & Aguilera, 2016

Bibliography

  • 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
  • Beu, A.G (2010), "Neogene Tonnoidean Gastropods of Tropical and South America; contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and Uplift of the Central American Isthmus", Bulletins of American Paleontology, 377–378: 1–550, retrieved 2019-02-09
  • Schwarzhans, Werner; Aguilera, Órangel (2016), "Otoliths of the Ophidiiformes from the Neogene of tropical America", Palaeo Ichthyologica, 14: 91–124, retrieved 2019-02-09