Brito Formation

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| 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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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

Fossil content

See also

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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

Category:Paleogene Nicaragua

Category:Limestone formations

Category:Marl formations

Category:Shallow marine deposits

Category:Rivas Department