Río Banano Formation
The Río Banano Formation is a geologic formation in Costa Rica of the Limón Group. It preserves fossils dating back to the Middle Miocene to Piacenzian period.[1]
| Río Banano Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Middle Miocene-Piacenzian | |
| Type | Formation | 
| Unit of | Limón Group | 
| Underlies | Moin Formation | 
| Overlies | Uscari Formation | 
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone, siltstone | 
| Other | Claystone | 
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 9.9°N 83.1°W | 
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 9.8°N 83.3°W | 
| Region | Limón Province | 
| Country |  Costa Rica | 
| Type section | |
| Named for | Banano River | 
|   Río Banano Formation (Costa Rica) | |
References
    
- Río Banano Formation at Fossilworks.org
- Landau et al., 2012
- Aguilera et al., 2016
- Laurito et al., 2014
Bibliography
    
- ; , and . 2016. Otoliths of the Sciaenidae from the Neogene of tropical America. Palaeo Ichthyologica 14. 7–90. Accessed 2019-02-09.
- ; , and . 2012. New Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Gatun Formation of Panama, with Eleven New Species. Journal of Paleontology 86. 907–930. Accessed 2019-02-09.
- ; ; ; , and . 2014. Ictiofauna del Mioceno Inferior de la localidad de Pacuare de Tres Equis, Formación Río Banano, provincia de Cartago, Costa Rica, y descripción de un nuevo género y una nueva especie de Scaridae. Revista Geológica de América Central 50. 153–192. doi:10.15517/rgac.v0i50.15121
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