Old Bank Formation

{{Short description|Geological Formation}}

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| name = Old Bank Formation

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| type = Formation

| age = Messinian

| period = Messinian

| prilithology = Limestone

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| region = Bocas del Toro

| country = Panama

| coordinates = {{coord|9.3|N|82.1|W|display=inline,title}}

| paleocoordinates = {{coord|9.1|N|81.2|W|display=inline}}

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| subunits = Fish Hole Member

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| map = {{Location map+ | Panama

| relief = 1

| width = 250

| float = center

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{{Location map~ | Panama

| lat_deg = 9.3

| lon_deg = -82.1

| mark = Yellow pog.svg

| marksize = 12

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The Old Bank Formation is a geologic formation in Bocas del Toro Province, Panama. It preserves coral fossils dating back to the Messinian period.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Old%20Bank&group_formation_member=Old%20Bank Old Bank Formation] at Fossilworks.org