Nancy Point Formation
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| name = Nancy Point Formation
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| type = Formation
| age = Messinian
| period = Messinian
| prilithology = Siltstone
| otherlithology = Sandstone
| namedfor = Nancy Point
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| region = Bocas del Toro
| country = Panama
| coordinates = {{coord|9.1|N|82.0|W|display=inline,title}}
| paleocoordinates = {{coord|9.0|N|81.0|W|display=inline}}
| unitof = Bocas del Toro Group
| subunits =
| underlies = Shark Hole Point Formation
| overlies = Valiente Formation
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| map = {{Location map+ | Panama
| relief = 1
| width = 250
| float = center
| places =
{{Location map~ | Panama
| lat_deg = 9.1
| lon_deg = -82.0
| mark = Yellow ffff00 pog.svg
| marksize = 12
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The Nancy Point Formation is a geologic formation in Panama. It preserves fossils dating back to the Miocene period.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=Bocas%20del%20Toro&formation=Nancy%20Point&group_formation_member=Nancy%20Point Nancy Point Formation] at Fossilworks.org
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See also
References
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= Bibliography =
- {{citation |last1=Landau |first1=Bernard |last2=Petit |first2=Richard E. |last3=Da Silva |first3=Carlos M. |year=2012 |title=New Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Gatun Formation of Panama, with Eleven New Species |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256210894 |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=86 |issue=6 |pages=907–930 |doi=10.1666/12-043R.1 |bibcode=2012JPal...86..907L |accessdate=2019-02-09}}
- {{citation |last1=Schwarzhans |first1=Werner |last2=Aguilera |first2=Órangel |year=2013 |title=Otoliths of the Myctophidae from the Neogene of tropical America |url=http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/07pala/e4_66.php |journal=Palaeo Ichthyologica |volume=13 |pages=83–150 |accessdate=2019-02-09}}
Category:Geologic formations of Panama
Category:Paleontology in Panama