Cayo Agua Formation

{{short description|Geologic formation in Panama}}

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| age = Zanclean-Piacenzian

| period = Piacenzian

| prilithology = Sandstone

| otherlithology = Siltstone

| namedfor = Cayo Agua

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| region = Bocas del Toro

| country = Panama

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The Cayo Agua Formation is a geologic formation in Panama. It preserves fossils dating back to the Pliocene period.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=Bocas%20del%20Toro&formation=Cayo%20Agua&group_formation_member=Cayo%20Agua Cayo Agua Formation] at Fossilworks.org

Fossil content

See also

References

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= Bibliography =

  • {{Cite journal|author1=Orangel A. Aguilera |author2=Werner Schwarzhans |author3=Philippe Béarez |year=2016 |title=Otoliths of the Sciaenidae from the Neogene of tropical America |journal=Palaeo Ichthyologica |volume=14 |pages=7–90 }}
  • {{Cite journal|author1=Bernard Landau |author2=Richard E. Petit |author3=Carlos M. Da Silva |year=2012 |title=The Family Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Neogene of the Bocas Del Toro Region, Panama, with the description of seven new species |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=86 |issue=2 |pages=311–339 |doi=10.1666/11-070.1 |bibcode=2012JPal...86..311L }}
  • {{Cite journal|author1=Werner Schwarzhans |author2=Orangel Aguilera |year=2013 |title=Otoliths of the Myctophidae from the Neogene of tropical America |journal=Palaeo Ichthyologica |volume=13 |pages=83–150 |url=http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/07pala/e4_66.php }}

Category:Geologic formations of Panama

Category:Neogene Panama

Category:Paleontology in Panama

Category:Sandstone formations

Category:Shallow marine deposits

Formations

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