Old Bank Formation

The Old Bank Formation is a geologic formation in Bocas del Toro Province, Panama. It preserves coral fossils dating back to the Messinian period.[1]

Old Bank Formation
Stratigraphic range: Messinian
Type	Formation
Sub-units	Fish Hole Member
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Location
Coordinates	9.3°N 82.1°W / 9.3; -82.1
Approximate paleocoordinates	9.1°N 81.2°W / 9.1; -81.2
Region	Bocas del Toro
Country	Panama
Old Bank Formation (Panama)

Fossil content

Antillia coatesi[2]
Trachyphyllia mcneilli[2]

See also

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Panama

References

Old Bank Formation at Fossilworks.org
Budd et al., 2019

Bibliography

Budd, Ann F.; James D. Woodell; Danwei Huang, and James S. Klaus. 2019. Evolution of the Caribbean subfamily Mussinae (Anthozoa: Scleractinia: Faviidae): transitions between solitary and colonial forms. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology in press. .

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

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