Tobabe Formation

{{short description|Geologic formation in Panama}}

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| name = Tobabe Formation

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| type = Formation

| age = Messinian

| period = Messinian

| prilithology = Conglomerate

| otherlithology = Sandstone

| namedfor = Tobabe

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| region = Bocas del Toro

| country = Panama

| coordinates = {{coord|9.1|N|81.8|W|display=inline,title}}

| paleocoordinates = {{coord|8.9|N|80.9|W|display=inline}}

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| lat_deg = 9.1

| lon_deg = -81.8

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The Tobabe Formation is a geologic formation in Panama. The conglomerates and sandstones preserve fossils dating back to the Messinian period.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Tobabe&group_formation_member=Tobabe Tobabe Formation] at Fossilworks.org