The Valiente Formation is a geologic formation of the Bocas del Toro Group in the Bocas del Toro Province of northwestern Panama. The formation underlies the Nancy Point Formation and preserves bivalve, gastropod and scaphopod fossils dating back to the Serravallian period.[1]

Valiente Formation
Stratigraphic range: Serravallian
TypeFormation
Unit ofBocas del Toro Group
UnderliesNancy Point Formation
Location
Coordinates9°12′N 82°06′W / 9.2°N 82.1°W / 9.2; -82.1
Approximate paleocoordinates8°48′N 80°18′W / 8.8°N 80.3°W / 8.8; -80.3
RegionBocas del Toro
Country Panama
Type section
Named forValiente Peninsula
Valiente Formation is located in Panama
Valiente Formation
Valiente Formation (Panama)

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Further reading

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  • L. S. Collins and A. G. Coates. 1999. A paleobiotic survey of Caribbean faunas from the Neogene of the Isthmus of Panama. Bulletins of American Paleontology (357)