Shark Hole Point Formation

{{short description|Geologic formation in Panama}}

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| name = Shark Hole Point Formation

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| type = Formation

| age = Zanclean-Piacenzian

| period = Piacenzian

| prilithology = Siltstone

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| namedfor = Shark Hole Point

| namedby =

| region = Bocas del Toro

| country = Panama

| coordinates = {{coord|9.0|N|81.7|W|display=inline,title}}

| paleocoordinates = {{coord|9.3|N|81.3|W|display=inline}}

| unitof = Bocas del Toro Group

| subunits =

| underlies = Escudo de Veraguas Formation

| overlies = Nancy Point Formation

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| map = {{Location map+ | Panama

| relief = 1

| width = 250

| float = center

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{{Location map~ | Panama

| lat_deg = 9.0

| lon_deg = -81.7

| mark = Yellow ffff80 pog.svg

| marksize = 12

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The Shark Hole Point Formation is a geologic formation in Bocas del Toro Province of northwestern Panama. The siltstones preserve fossils dating back to the Pliocene period.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=Bocas%20del%20Toro&formation=Shark%20Hole%20Point&group_formation_member=Shark%20Hole%20Point Shark Hole Point Formation] at Fossilworks.org