Urraca Formation
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| name = Urraca Formation
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| type = Formation
| age = Early Pleistocene
| period = Pleistocene
| prilithology = Limestone
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| namedfor = Urraca private island
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| region = Bocas del Toro
| country = Panama
| coordinates = {{coord|9.4|N|82.3|W|display=inline,title}}
| paleocoordinates = {{coord|9.4|N|82.0|W|display=inline}}
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| subunits = Hill Point & Mimitimbi Members
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| width = 250
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| lat_deg = 9.4
| lon_deg = -82.3
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The Urraca Formation is a geologic formation in Panama. The reefal limestone formation preserves coral fossils dating to the Early Pleistocene.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Urraca&group_formation_member=Urraca Urraca Formation] at Fossilworks.org
See also
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Further reading
- J. S. Klaus, D. F. McNeill, A. F. Budd and A. G. Coates. 2012. Neogene reef coral assemblages of the Bocas del Toro region, Panama: the rise of Acropora palmata. Coral Reefs 31(1):191-203