Armuelles Formation
{{short description|Costa Rican geological formation}}
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| type = Formation
| age = Early Pleistocene
| period = Gelasian
| prilithology = Siltstone
| otherlithology = Sandstone, conglomerate
| namedfor = Puerto Armuelles
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| region = Limón Province
Chiriquí Province
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| unitof = Charco Azul Group
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| overlies = Penita & Charco Azul Formations
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The Armuelles Formation is a geologic formation in Costa Rica and Panama. It preserves fossils.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=Charco%20Azul&formation=Armuelles&group_formation_member=Armuelles Armuelles Formation] at Fossilworks.org
Fossil content
- Axelella nutrita - PanamaLandau et al., 2012
See also
References
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= Bibliography =
- {{Cite journal|author1=Bernard Landau |author2=Richard E. Petit |author3=Walter Etter |author4=Carlos M. da Silva |year=2012 |title=New species and records of Cancellariinae (Caenogastropoda) from tropical America, together with a catalogue of Neogene to Recent species from this region |journal=Cainozoic Research |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=193–279 }}
Category:Geologic formations of Costa Rica
Category:Pleistocene Costa Rica
Category:Geologic formations of Panama
Category:Paleontology in Panama
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