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

| country = {{CRI}}
{{PAN}}

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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

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:Pleistocene Panama

Category:Paleontology in Panama

Category:Siltstone formations

Formations

Formations

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