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

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| underlies = Shark Hole Point Formation

| overlies = Valiente Formation

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| width = 250

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{{Location map~ | Panama

| lat_deg = 9.1

| lon_deg = -82.0

| mark = Yellow ffff00 pog.svg

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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

Fossil content

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:Neogene Panama

Category:Messinian

Category:Paleontology in Panama

Category:Siltstone formations

Category:Sandstone formations

Category:Open marine deposits

Category:Shallow marine deposits

Formations