Cayo Agua Formation Explained

Cayo Agua Formation
Type:	Formation
Age:	Zanclean-Piacenzian
Period:	Piacenzian
Prilithology:	Sandstone
Otherlithology:	Siltstone
Namedfor:	Cayo Agua
Region:	Bocas del Toro
Unitof:	Bocas del Toro Group

The Cayo Agua Formation is a geologic formation in Panama. It preserves fossils dating back to the Pliocene period.^[1]

Fossil content

• Aphera trophis^[2]
• Cancellaria axelolssoni, C. isabelae^[2]
• Diaphus depressifrons^[3]
• Umbrina bananensis, U. sublima^[4]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Panama

References

Bibliography

• Orangel A. Aguilera . Werner Schwarzhans . Philippe Béarez . 2016 . Otoliths of the Sciaenidae from the Neogene of tropical America . Palaeo Ichthyologica . 14 . 7–90 .
• Bernard Landau . Richard E. Petit . Carlos M. Da Silva . 2012 . The Family Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Neogene of the Bocas Del Toro Region, Panama, with the description of seven new species . Journal of Paleontology . 86 . 2 . 311–339 . 10.1666/11-070.1 . 2012JPal...86..311L .
• Werner Schwarzhans . Orangel Aguilera . 2013 . Otoliths of the Myctophidae from the Neogene of tropical America . Palaeo Ichthyologica . 13 . 83–150 .

Notes and References

1. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=Bocas%20del%20Toro&formation=Cayo%20Agua&group_formation_member=Cayo%20Agua Cayo Agua Formation
2. Landau et al., 2012
3. Schwarzhans & Aguilera, 2013
4. Aguilera et al., 2016