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
TypeFormation
Unit ofLimón Group
UnderliesMoin Formation
OverliesUscari Formation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone, siltstone
OtherClaystone
Location
Coordinates9°54′N 83°06′W / 9.9°N 83.1°W / 9.9; -83.1
Approximate paleocoordinates9°48′N 83°18′W / 9.8°N 83.3°W / 9.8; -83.3
RegionLimón Province
Country Costa Rica
Type section
Named forBanano River
Río Banano Formation is located in Costa Rica
Río Banano Formation
Río Banano Formation (Costa Rica)

Fossil content

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References

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  1. ^ Río Banano Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Landau et al., 2012
  3. ^ Aguilera et al., 2016
  4. ^ Laurito et al., 2014

Bibliography

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  • Aguilera, Órangel A.; Schwarzhans, Werner; Béarez, Philippe (2016), "Otoliths of the Sciaenidae from the Neogene of tropical America", Palaeo Ichthyologica, 14: 7–90, retrieved 2019-02-09
  • Landau, Bernard; Petit, Richard E.; Da Silva, Carlos M. (2012), "New Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Gatun Formation of Panama, with Eleven New Species", Journal of Paleontology, 86 (6): 907–930, doi:10.1666/12-043R.1, retrieved 2019-02-09
  • Laurito, César A.; Calvo, Cristian; Valerio, Ana L.; Calvo, Alejandro; Chacón, Rafael (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 (50): 153–192, doi:10.15517/rgac.v0i50.15121