The Shark Hole Point Formation is a geologic formation in Bocas del Toro Province of northwestern Panama. The siltstones preserve fossils dating back to the Pliocene period.[1]
| Shark Hole Point Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Zanclean-Piacenzian | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Bocas del Toro Group |
| Underlies | Escudo de Veraguas Formation |
| Overlies | Nancy Point Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Siltstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 9°00′N 81°42′W / 9.0°N 81.7°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 9°18′N 81°18′W / 9.3°N 81.3°W |
| Region | Bocas del Toro |
| Country |  Panama |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Shark Hole Point |
  Shark Hole Point Formation (Panama) | |
Fossil content
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Shark Hole Point Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Schwarzhans & Aguilera, 2013
Bibliography
edit- Schwarzhans, Werner, and Órangel Aguilera. 2013. Otoliths of the Myctophidae from the Neogene of tropical America. Palaeo Ichthyologica 13. 83–150. Accessed 2019-02-09.