Armuelles Formation Explained

Armuelles Formation
Type:	Formation
Age:	Early Pleistocene
Period:	Gelasian
Prilithology:	Siltstone
Otherlithology:	Sandstone, conglomerate
Namedfor:	Puerto Armuelles
Region:	Limón Province Chiriquí Province
Country:
Unitof:	Charco Azul Group
Overlies:	Penita & Charco Azul Formations

The Armuelles Formation is a geologic formation in Costa Rica and Panama. It preserves fossils.^[1]

Fossil content

• Axelella nutrita - Panama^[2]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Costa Rica
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Panama

References

Bibliography

• Bernard Landau . Richard E. Petit . Walter Etter . Carlos M. da Silva . 2012 . New species and records of Cancellariinae (Caenogastropoda) from tropical America, together with a catalogue of Neogene to Recent species from this region . Cainozoic Research . 9 . 2 . 193–279 .

Notes and References

1. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=Charco%20Azul&formation=Armuelles&group_formation_member=Armuelles Armuelles Formation
2. Landau et al., 2012