Tonosí Formation

Tonosí Formation
Stratigraphic range: Priabonian (Chadronian)
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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
RegionLos Santos Province
CountryPanama
Type section
Named forTonosí
Tonosí Formation is located in Panama
Tonosí Formation
Tonosí Formation (Panama)

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

Fossil content

Among others, the formation has provided fossils of:

  • Harrisianella sp.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Tonosí Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Woodring, 1973, p.472

Bibliography

  • Woodring, W.P (1973), Geology and Paleontology of Canal Zone and Adjoining Parts of Panama - 306E Description of Tertiary Mollusks (Additions to gastropods, scaphopods, pelecypods: Nuculidae to Malleidae) (PDF), USGS, pp. 1–128, retrieved 2019-02-09

Further reading

  • A. K. Miller and W. M. Furnish. 1939. Aturias from the Eocene of Panama. Journal of Paleontology 13(1):77-79
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