Limón Group

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| type = Group

| age = Late Miocene-Early Pleistocene

| period = Pliocene

| prilithology = Siltstone, sandstone, claystone

| otherlithology = Mudstone, limestone

| namedfor = Limón Province

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| region = Limón Province

| country = Costa Rica

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| subunits = Moin, Río Banano, Uscari & Quebrada Chocolate Formations

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| lon_deg = -83.1

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The Limón Group is a geologic group in Costa Rica. It preserves fossils dating back to the Late Miocene to Early Pleistocene period.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=Limon&group_formation_member=Limon Limón Group] at Fossilworks.org

Stratigraphy

See also

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References