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Tonosí Formation

Coordinates: 7°24′N 80°24′W / 7.4°N 80.4°W / 7.4; -80.4
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Tonosí Formation
Stratigraphic range: Priabonian
TypeFormation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
Location
Coordinates7°24′N 80°24′W / 7.4°N 80.4°W / 7.4; -80.4
Approximate paleocoordinates0°48′N 104°12′W / 0.8°N 104.2°W / 0.8; -104.2
Country Panama

The Tonosí Formation is a geologic formation in Panama. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period (Priabonian).[1]

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References

Further reading

  • A. K. Miller and W. M. Furnish. 1939. Aturias from the Eocene of Panama. Journal of Paleontology 13(1):77-79
  • W. P. Woodring. 1973. Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (additions to gastropods, scaphopods, pelecypods: Nuculidae to Malleidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(E):453-539