Canoa Formation

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Canoa Formation
Stratigraphic range: Piacenzian-Calabrian
(Chapadmalalan-Uquian)
~3.6–1.8  Ma
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C
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Type Geological formation
Lithology
Primary Sandstone
Location
Coordinates 1°06′S80°54′W / 1.1°S 80.9°W / -1.1; -80.9
Approximate paleocoordinates 1°12′S80°30′W / 1.2°S 80.5°W / -1.2; -80.5
Region Manabí & Santa Elena Provinces
CountryFlag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Type section
Named for Canoa
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Canoa Formation (Ecuador)

The Canoa Formation is a Piacenzian to Calabrian (Chapadmalalan to Uquian in the SALMA classification) geologic formation in Ecuador. The sandstones were deposited in a coastal environment. [1] The formation is correlated to the Charco Azul Formation of western Panama and southeastern Costa Rica. [2]

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The formation has provided bivalve, gastropod, crustacean, echinoid and scaphopod fossils and vertebrates of:

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