Shark Hole Point Formation

Shark Hole Point Formation
Stratigraphic range: Zanclean-Piacenzian
Type	Formation
Unit of	Bocas del Toro Group
Underlies	Escudo de Veraguas Formation
Overlies	Nancy Point Formation
Lithology
Primary	Siltstone
Location
Coordinates	9°00′N81°42′W / 9.0°N 81.7°W / 9.0; -81.7
Approximate paleocoordinates	9°18′N81°18′W / 9.3°N 81.3°W / 9.3; -81.3
Region	Bocas del Toro
Country	Panama
Type section
Named for	Shark Hole Point
Shark Hole Point Formation (Panama)

The Shark Hole Point Formation is a geologic formation in Bocas del Toro Province of northwestern Panama. The siltstones preserve fossils dating back to the Pliocene period. ^[1]

Fossil content

• Diaphus depressifrons , D. paxtoni ^[2]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Panama

References

1. Shark Hole Point Formation at Fossilworks.org
2. Schwarzhans & Aguilera, 2013

Bibliography

• Schwarzhans, Werner; Aguilera, Órangel (2013), "Otoliths of the Myctophidae from the Neogene of tropical America", Palaeo Ichthyologica , 13: 83–150, retrieved 2019-02-09