Valiente Formation

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| type = Formation

| age = Serravallian

| period = Serravallian

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| namedfor = Valiente Peninsula

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| region = Bocas del Toro

| country = Panama

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| underlies = Nancy Point Formation

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| lon_deg = -82.1

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The Valiente Formation is a geologic formation of the Bocas del Toro Group in the Bocas del Toro Province of northwestern Panama. The formation underlies the Nancy Point Formation and preserves bivalve, gastropod and scaphopod fossils dating back to the Serravallian period.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=Bocas%20del%20Toro&formation=Valiente&group_formation_member=Valiente Valiente Formation] at Fossilworks.org

See also

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References

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Further reading

  • L. S. Collins and A. G. Coates. 1999. A paleobiotic survey of Caribbean faunas from the Neogene of the Isthmus of Panama. Bulletins of American Paleontology (357)

Category:Geologic formations of Panama

Category:Neogene Panama

Category:Serravallian

Formations