Escudo de Veraguas Formation

Escudo de Veraguas Formation
Stratigraphic range: Piacenzian-Early Pleistocene
Type	Formation
Unit of	Bocas del Toro Group
Overlies	Shark Hole Point Formation
Lithology
Primary	Siltstone, sandstone
Location
Coordinates	9°06′N81°36′W / 9.1°N 81.6°W / 9.1; -81.6
Approximate paleocoordinates	9°00′N81°06′W / 9.0°N 81.1°W / 9.0; -81.1
Region	Bocas del Toro
Country	Panama
Type section
Named for	Isla Escudo de Veraguas
Escudo de Veraguas Formation (Panama)

The Escudo de Veraguas Formation is a geologic formation in Panama. It preserves fossils dating back to the Piacenzian to Early Pleistocene period. ^[1]

Fossil content

Among others, the following fossils have been found in the formations:

• Cancellaria stri ^[2]
• Diaphus aequalis ^[3]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Panama

References

1. Escudo de Veraguas Formation at Fossilworks.org
2. Landau et al., 2012
3. Schwarzhans & Aguilera, 2013

Bibliography

• Landau, Bernard; Petit, Richard E.; Da Silva, Carlos M. (2012), "New Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Gatun Formation of Panama, with Eleven New Species", Journal of Paleontology , 86 (6): 907–930, Bibcode:2012JPal...86..907L, doi:10.1666/12-043R.1 , retrieved 2019-02-09
• Schwarzhans, Werner; Aguilera, Órangel (2013), "Otoliths of the Myctophidae from the Neogene of tropical America", Palaeo Ichthyologica , 13: 83–150, retrieved 2019-02-09