| Angostura Formation | |
| Type: | Geological formation |
| Age: | Late Miocene (Mayoan-Montehermosan) ~ |
| Period: | Tortonian |
| Prilithology: | Sandstone |
| Otherlithology: | Conglomerate |
| Region: | Esmeraldas Province |
| Coordinates: | 1°N -79.6°W |
| Paleocoordinates: | 0.6°N -78°W |
| Unitof: | Santiago Group |
| Underlies: | Onzole Formation |
| Overlies: | Viche Formation |
| Thickness: | 150m (490feet) |
| Extent: | Borbón Basin |
The Angostura Formation is a Late Miocene (Mayoan to Montehermosan in the SALMA classification) geologic formation of the Borbón Basin in northwestern Ecuador.
The coarse sandstones and beds of conglomerates, about 150m (490feet) in thickness. The formation is resistant to erosion and is largely barren, but at a few places there are lenses or interbeds filled with finely preserved fossils. The formation overlies the Viche Formation, and is overlain by the lower Onzole Formation. The Angostura Formation is time-equivalent with the fossiliferous Gatún Formation of Panama.[1]
The formation has provided bivalve and gastropod fossils.[1]