Tuira Formation
{{Short description|Geologic formation in Panama}}
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| name = Tuira Formation
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| type = Formation
| age = Tortonian (Clarendonian-Hemphillian)
{{fossil range|11|9.5}}
| period = Tortonian
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| namedfor = Tuira River
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| region = Darién Province
| country = Panama
| coordinates = {{coord|8.5|N|77.7|W|display=inline,title}}
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| lat_deg = 8.5
| lon_deg = -77.7
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The Tuira Formation is a geologic formation in Panama. It preserves bivalve, gastropod and sponge fossils dating back to the Tortonian period (Clarendonian to Hemphillian in the NALMA classification), from 11 to 9.5 Ma.Aguilera et al., 2017, p.5[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Tuira&group_formation_member=Tuira Tuira Formation] at Fossilworks.org
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= Bibliography =
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- {{citation |last=Beu |first=A.G |year=2010 |title=Neogene Tonnoidean Gastropods of Tropical and South America; contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and Uplift of the Central American Isthmus |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286054735 |journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology |volume=377-378 |pages=1–550 |accessdate=2019-02-09}}
- {{citation |last1=Schwarzhans |first1=Werner |last2=Aguilera |first2=Órangel |year=2016 |title=Otoliths of the Ophidiiformes from the Neogene of tropical America |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301301826 |journal=Palaeo Ichthyologica |volume=14 |pages=91–124 |accessdate=2019-02-09}}
Category:Geologic formations of Panama
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Category:Paleontology in Panama