Panama Formation

{{Short description|Geologic formation in Panama}}

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| name = Panama Formation

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| type = Formation

| age = Late Oligocene

| period = Oligocene

| prilithology = Sandstone, shale, conglomerate

| otherlithology = Tuff, limestone

| namedfor = Panama

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| region = Panamá Province

| country = {{PAN}}

| coordinates = {{coord|9.1|N|79.7|W|display=inline,title}}

| paleocoordinates = {{coord|7.6|N|77.3|W|display=inline}}

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| underlies = Caraba Formation

| overlies = Gatuncillo Formation, Cretaceous basement

| thickness =

| extent = Panama Basin

| area =

| map = {{Location map+ | Panama

| relief = 1

| width = 250

| float = center

| places =

{{Location map~ | Panama

| lat_deg = 9.1

| lon_deg = -79.7

| mark = Orange pog.svg

| marksize = 12

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The Panama Formation (Tp)Geologic Map, 1980 is a geologic formation in Panama. The formation consists of tuffaceousWoodring, 1957, p.12 sandstones, conglomerates, tuffaceous shales and algal and foraminifera-rich limestones, and preserves bivalve fossils of Leopecten gatunensis and Nodipecten sp. and dates back to the Late Oligocene period.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Panama&group_formation_member=Panama Panama Formation] at Fossilworks.org