Canoa Formation

{{Short description|Geologic formation in Ecuador}}

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| name = Canoa Formation

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| type = Geological formation

| age = Piacenzian-Calabrian
(Chapadmalalan-Uquian)
~{{fossil range|3.6|1.8}}

| period = Calabrian

| prilithology = Sandstone

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| namedfor = Canoa

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| region = Manabí & Santa Elena Provinces

| country = {{ECU}}

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The Canoa Formation is a Piacenzian to Calabrian (Chapadmalalan to Uquian in the SALMA classification) geologic formation in Ecuador. The sandstones were deposited in a coastal environment.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Canoa&group_formation_member=Canoa Canoa Formation] at Fossilworks.org The formation is correlated to the Charco Azul Formation of western Panama and southeastern Costa Rica.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=130893 Charco Azul Formation] at Fossilworks.org