Moin Formation

Moin Formation
Stratigraphic range: Gelasian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Formation
Unit of	Limón Group
Sub-units	Empalme, Lomas del Mar, Middle & Santa Rosa Members
Overlies	Río Banano Formation
Lithology
Primary	Siltstone, limestone, sandstone, claystone
Other	Mudstone, grainstone
Location
Country	Costa Rica
Type section
Named for	Moin

The Moin Formation is a geologic formation in Costa Rica. It preserves fossils dating back to the Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene period. ^[1]

Fossil content

• Cataetyx stringeri ^[2]
• Engina moinensis ^[3]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Costa Rica

References

1. Moin Formation at Fossilworks.org
2. Schwarzhand & Aguilera, 2016
3. Landau & Vermeij, 2012

Bibliography

• Bernard Landau; Geerat J. Vermeij (2012). "The genera Engina and Ameranna nov. gen. (Mollusca: Gastropoda, Buccinoidea, Buccinidae, Pisaniinae) from the Western Atlantic Neogene". Cainozoic Research. 9 (1): 121–133.
• Schwarzhans, Werner; Aguilera, Órangel (2016), "Otoliths of the Ophidiiformes from the Neogene of tropical America", Palaeo Ichthyologica , 14: 91–124, retrieved 2019-02-09

Further reading

• S. D. Cairns. 1995. New records of azooxanthellate stony corals (Cnidaria: Scleractinia and Stylasteridae) from the Neogene of Panama and Costa Rica. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108(3):533-550