Tobabe Formation
| Tobabe Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Messinian | |
| Type | Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Conglomerate |
| Other | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 9°06′N 81°48′W / 9.1°N 81.8°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 8°54′N 80°54′W / 8.9°N 80.9°W |
| Region | Bocas del Toro |
| Country |  Panama |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Tobabe |
  Tobabe Formation (Panama) | |
The Tobabe Formation is a geologic formation in Panama. The conglomerates and sandstones preserve fossils dating back to the Messinian period.[1]
Fossil content
[edit]The formation has provided the following fossils:
- Hepatus biformis[2]
- Iliacantha panamanica[3]
- Leucosilia bananensis[4]
- Portunus gabbi[5]
- Raninoides cf. benedicti[6]
- Thoe asperoides[7]
- ?Balaenopteroidea indet.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Tobabe Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Todd & Collins, 2005, p.55
- ^ Todd & Collins, 2005, p.72
- ^ Todd & Collins, 2005, p.61
- ^ Todd & Collins, 2005, p.75
- ^ Todd & Collins, 2005, p.68
- ^ Todd & Collins, 2005, p.56
- ^ Small Plantain Cay at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography
[edit]- Todd, Jonathan A.; Collins, Joe S.H. (2005), "Neogene and Quatenary crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) collected from Costa Rica and Panama by members of the Panama Paleontology Project" (PDF), Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum, 32: 53–85, retrieved 2019-02-09