Valiente Formation

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Valiente Formation
Stratigraphic range: Serravallian
Type Formation
Unit of Bocas del Toro Group
Underlies Nancy Point Formation
Location
Coordinates 9°12′N82°06′W / 9.2°N 82.1°W / 9.2; -82.1
Approximate paleocoordinates 8°48′N80°18′W / 8.8°N 80.3°W / 8.8; -80.3
Region Bocas del Toro
Country Panama
Type section
Named for Valiente Peninsula
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Valiente Formation (Panama)

The Valiente Formation is a geologic formation of the Bocas del Toro Group in the Bocas del Toro Province of northwestern Panama. The formation underlies the Nancy Point Formation and preserves bivalve, gastropod and scaphopod fossils dating back to the Serravallian period. [1]

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