Swan Cay Formation

The Swan Cay Formation is a geologic formation in Panama. It preserves fossils.[1]

Swan Cay Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Pleistocene
TypeFormation
Unit ofBocas del Toro Group
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
OtherGrainstone
Location
RegionBocas del Toro
Country Panama
Type section
Named forSwan Cay

Fossil content
  • Engina moinensis[2]
  • Ophidion pauxillicauda[3]

See also

References
  1. Swan Cay Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. Landau & Vermeij, 2012
  3. Schwarzhans & Aguilera, 2016

Bibliography
  • Bernard Landau; Geerat J. Vermeij (2012). "The genera Engina and Ameranna nov. gen. (Mollusca: Gastropoda, Buccinoidea, Buccinidae, Pisaniinae) from the Western Atlantic Neogene". Cainozoic Research. 9 (1): 121–133.
  • Schwarzhans, Werner, and Órangel Aguilera. 2016. Otoliths of the Ophidiiformes from the Neogene of tropical America. Palaeo Ichthyologica 14. 91–124. Accessed 2019-02-09.


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