Cucaracha Formation

{{Short description|Geologic formation in Panama}}

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| name = Cucaracha Formation

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| type = Formation

| period = Miocene

| age = Early Burdigalian-Mid Langhian (Hemingfordian-Barstovian)
{{fossil range|19|14}}

| prilithology = Sandstone, conglomerate

| otherlithology = Claystone

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| region = Panamá Province

| country = Panama

| coordinates = {{coord|9.0|N|79.6|W|display=inline,title}}

| paleocoordinates = {{coord|8.4|N|77.5|W|display=inline}}

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| underlies = Pedro Miguel & La Boca Formations

| overlies = Culebra Formation

| thickness = ~{{convert|125|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| extent = Panama Basin

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| map = {{Location map+ | Panama

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| width = 250

| float = center

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{{Location map~ | Panama

| lat_deg = 9.0

| lon_deg = -79.6

| mark = Yellow pog.svg

| marksize = 12

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The Cucaracha Formation (Tca)Geologic Map, 1980 is a geologic formation in Panama. It preserves vertebrate and plant fossils dating back to the Neogene period; Early to Middle Miocene epochs (Hemingfordian).[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Cucaracha&group_formation_member=Cucaracha Cucaracha Formation] at Fossilworks.org Fossils of the crocodylian Centenariosuchus, the turtle Rhinoclemmys panamaensis and the artiodactyl Paratoceras have been found in the formation.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=265590 Centenariosuchus] at Fossilworks.org

The Cucaracha Formation is approximately {{convert|125|m|ft}} thick,Kirby et al., 2008, p.9 and dated to 19 to 14 Ma.Kirby et al., 2008, p.11