Curré Formation

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| name = Curré Formation

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| type = Formation

| age = Hemphillian
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| period = Messinian

| prilithology = Conglomerate

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| namedfor = Rey Curré

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| region = Limón & Puntarenas Provinces

| country = Costa Rica

| coordinates = {{coord|8.9|N|83.1|W|display=inline,title}}

| paleocoordinates = {{coord|8.8|N|83.1|W|display=inline}}

| unitof = Taraba Basin Group

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| underlies = El Brujo & La Cruz Formations

| overlies = Térraba Formation

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| extent = Taraba Basin

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| width = 250

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| lat_deg = 8.9

| lon_deg = -83.1

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The Curré Formation is a geologic formation of the Taraba Basin Group in Costa Rica. The deltaic conglomerates preserve fossils dating back to the Late Miocene to Early Pliocene period (Hemphillian).[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Curre&group_formation_member=Curre Curré Formation] at Fossilworks.org

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See also

References

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= Bibliography =

  • {{citation |first1=Ascanio D. |last1=Rincón |first2=Ana L. |last2=Valerio |first3=César |last3=Laurito |year=2020 |title=Primer registro fósil de un Megatheriidae-Megatheriinae para el Hemphilliano (Mioceno Tardío) de San Gerardo de Limoncito, Formación Curré, Costa Rica |url=https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/geologica/article/view/41278 |journal=Revista Geológica de América Central |volume=62 |pages=1–24 |doi=10.15517/rgac.v62i0.41278 |doi-broken-date=1 November 2024}}

Further reading

  • C. Laurito, A. L. Valerio, E. Ovares, A. Hernández, and D. Pizarro. 2008. Peces Fósiles de la localidad Las Lomas de Siquirres cause del Río Reventazón, Formación Río Banano, Mioceno Superior, Provincia de Limón, Costa Rica [Fossil fishes of the Las Lomas de Siquirres Locality, Reventazon river, Rio Banano Formation, Late Miocene, Limon province, Costa Rica]. Revista Geológica de América Central 38:11-25
  • C. A. Laurito and A. L. Valerio. 2008. The first record of Gavialosuchus americanus Sellards (1915)† (Eusuchia: Crocodylidae, Tomistominae) for the Late Tertiary of Costa Rica and Central America. Revista Geológica de América Central 39:107-115

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Category:Geologic formations of Costa Rica

Category:Miocene Series of North America

Category:Neogene Costa Rica

Category:Hemphillian

Category:Conglomerate formations

Category:Deltaic deposits

Category:Paleontology in Costa Rica

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