Shark Hole Point Formation Stratigraphic range: Zanclean-Piacenzian | |
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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 Coordinates: 9°00′N81°42′W / 9.0°N 81.7°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 9°18′N81°18′W / 9.3°N 81.3°W |
Region | Bocas del Toro |
Country | Panama |
Type section | |
Named for | Shark Hole Point |
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]
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