Brito Formation
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| type = Formation
| age = Late Eocene
| period = Eocene
| prilithology = Limestone
| otherlithology = Marl
| namedfor = Brito River
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| region = Rivas Department
| country = Nicaragua
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| lat_deg = 11.3
| lon_deg = -86.0
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The Brito Formation is a geologic formation in Nicaragua. It preserves fossils dating back to the Late Eocene period.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=124538 Brito Formation] at Fossilworks.org
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Further reading
- T. W. Vaughan. 1919. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170130020829/http://www.redciencia.cu/geobiblio/paper/1919_Vaugan_fossilcoralsfrom_bw.pdf Fossil corals from Central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico, with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and Recent coral reefs]. Smithsonian Institution Bulletin 103:189–524
Category:Geologic formations of Nicaragua