Pacacua Formation

Last updated
Pacacua Formation
Stratigraphic range: Oligocene
Type Formation
Location
CountryFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica

The Pacacua Formation is a geologic formation in Costa Rica. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period. [1]

Contents

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Provinces of Costa Rica</span> First level administrative subdivision in Costa Rica

According to Article 168 of the Constitution of Costa Rica, the political divisions are officially classified into 3 tiers of sub-national entities.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Costa Rica–Uruguay relations</span> Bilateral relations

Costa Rica–Uruguay relations refers to the diplomatic relations between Costa Rica and Uruguay. Both nations are members of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, Group of 77, Organization of American States, Organization of Ibero-American States and the United Nations.

The Cordell Formation is a geologic formation in Michigan. It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period.

The Bisher Formation is a geologic formation in Ohio. It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period.

The Osgood Formation, also known as the Osgood Shale is a geologic formation in Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Laurel Formation (Silurian)</span> Geological formation in Indiana and Kentucky

The Laurel Formation, also known as the Laurel Limestone or the Laurel Dolomite, is a geologic formation in Indiana and Kentucky. It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sonyea Formation</span>

The Sonyea Group is a geologic group in the northern part of the Appalachian Basin. It preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian period.

The Troublesome Formation is a geologic formation in Colorado. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period. It consists of Pale shades of pink, tan, gray, green, and white interbedded siltstone and mudstone, less abundant arkosic sandstone and conglomerate, and sparse limestone and altered crystal-vitric ash and tuff; generally poorly consolidated. It includes atypical deposits containing abundant pink, granitic cobbles and boulders along the western parts of the outcrop in the west-central and southwestern parts of the Granby Quadrangle, Fossil mammals from three sites indicate a late Oligocene age.

The San Pablo Formation is a Late/Upper Miocene epoch geologic formation of the East Bay region in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.

The Martinez Formation is an Eocene Epoch geologic formation in California.

The Penita Formation is a geologic formation in Costa Rica. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period.

The Quebrada Chocolate Formation is a geologic formation in Costa Rica. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period.

The Uscari Formation is a geologic formation in Costa Rica. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period.

The Limónes Formation is a geologic formation in Costa Rica. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period.

The Burica Sandstone is a geologic formation in Costa Rica. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period.

The Punta Pelada Formation is a geologic formation in Costa Rica. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

The Barra Honda Formation is a geologic formation in Costa Rica. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

The Terraba Basin Group is a geologic group in Costa Rica. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Barzalosa Formation</span> Geological formation in the Colombian Andes

The Barzalosa Formation is a fossiliferous geological formation of the Upper Magdalena Valley and the bounding foothills of the Central Ranges and Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The formation consists of conglomerates, sandstones and siltstones. The Barzalosa Formation probably dates to the Late Paleogene to Early Neogene period; Oligocene to Early Miocene epochs, and has an approximate thickness of 360 metres (1,180 ft). Fossils of Balanerodus logimus, Lophiodolodus chaparralensis, Xenastrapotherium chaparralensis, Protheosodon sp. and Proadinotherium sp. have been uncovered from the formation in Chaparral, Tolima.

Prosthennops is a genus of extinct peccaries that lived in North and Central America between the middle Miocene and lower Pliocene.

References

  1. A, Teresita Aguilar (1984). "Presencia de esponjas (Porifera) en el Oligoceno de Costa Rica (Valle Central)". Revista geológica de América central (in Spanish). 1. doi: 10.15517/rgac.v0i01.10467 . ISSN   2215-261X.