Río Banano Formation
Stratigraphic range: Middle Miocene-Piacenzian
TypeFormation
Unit ofLimón Group
UnderliesMoin Formation
OverliesUscari Formation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone, siltstone
OtherClaystone
Location
Coordinates9°54′N 83°06′W / 9.9°N 83.1°W / 9.9; -83.1
Approximate paleocoordinates9°48′N 83°18′W / 9.8°N 83.3°W / 9.8; -83.3
RegionLimón Province
Country Costa Rica
Type section
Named forBanano River
Río Banano Formation is located in Costa Rica
Río Banano Formation
Río Banano Formation (Costa Rica)

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]

Fossil content

  • Aphera bananensis[2]
  • Isopisthus acer[3]
  • Pacuarescarus[4]

See also

References

  1. Río Banano Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. Landau et al., 2012
  3. Aguilera et al., 2016
  4. Laurito et al., 2014

Bibliography

  • Aguilera, Órangel A.; Werner Schwarzhans, and Philippe Béarez. 2016. Otoliths of the Sciaenidae from the Neogene of tropical America. Palaeo Ichthyologica 14. 7–90. Accessed 2019-02-09.
  • Landau, Bernard; Richard E. Petit, and Carlos M. Da Silva. 2012. New Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Gatun Formation of Panama, with Eleven New Species. Journal of Paleontology 86(6). 907–930. Accessed 2019-02-09.
  • Laurito, César A.; Cristian Calvo; Ana L. Valerio; Alejandro Calvo, and Rafael Chacón. 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
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