Cayo Agua Formation

Cayo Agua Formation
Stratigraphic range: Zanclean-Piacenzian
Type	Formation
Unit of	Bocas del Toro Group
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Other	Siltstone
Location
Region	Bocas del Toro
Country	Panama
Type section
Named for	Cayo Agua

The Cayo Agua Formation is a geologic formation in Panama. It preserves fossils dating back to the Pliocene period. ^[1]

Fossil content

• Aphera trophis ^[2]
• Cancellaria axelolssoni , C. isabelae ^[2]
• Diaphus depressifrons ^[3]
• Umbrina bananensis , U. sublima ^[4]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Panama

References

1. Cayo Agua Formation at Fossilworks.org
2. Landau et al., 2012
3. Schwarzhans & Aguilera, 2013
4. Aguilera et al., 2016

Bibliography

• Orangel A. Aguilera; Werner Schwarzhans; Philippe Béarez (2016). "Otoliths of the Sciaenidae from the Neogene of tropical America". Palaeo Ichthyologica. 14: 7–90.
• Bernard Landau; Richard E. Petit; Carlos M. Da Silva (2012). "The Family Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Neogene of the Bocas Del Toro Region, Panama, with the description of seven new species". Journal of Paleontology. 86 (2): 311–339. Bibcode:2012JPal...86..311L. doi:10.1666/11-070.1.
• Werner Schwarzhans; Orangel Aguilera (2013). "Otoliths of the Myctophidae from the Neogene of tropical America". Palaeo Ichthyologica. 13: 83–150.