Moin Formation

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Moin Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene
TypeFormation
Unit ofLimón Group
Sub-unitsEmpalme, Lomas del Mar, Middle & Santa Rosa Members
OverliesRío Banano Formation
Lithology
PrimarySiltstone, limestone, sandstone, claystone
OtherMudstone, grainstone
Location
RegionLimón Province
Country Costa Rica
Type section
Named forMoin
Moin Formation is located in Costa Rica
Moin Formation
Moin Formation (Costa Rica)

The Moin Formation is a geologic formation in Costa Rica. It preserves fossils dating back to the Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene period.[1]

Fossil content

See also

References

  1. ^ Moin Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Schwarzhand & Aguilera, 2016
  3. ^ Landau & Vermeij, 2012

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; Aguilera, Órangel (2016), "Otoliths of the Ophidiiformes from the Neogene of tropical America", Palaeo Ichthyologica, 14: 91–124, retrieved 2019-02-09

Further reading

  • S. D. Cairns. 1995. New records of azooxanthellate stony corals (Cnidaria: Scleractinia and Stylasteridae) from the Neogene of Panama and Costa Rica. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108(3):533-550