Isla Colón Formation Explained

Isla Colón Formation
Type:	Formation
Age:	Early Pleistocene
Period:	Calabrian
Prilithology:	Limestone
Otherlithology:	Sandstone
Namedfor:	Colón Island
Region:	Bocas del Toro
Coordinates:	9.3°N -82.1°W
Paleocoordinates:	9.2°N -81.8°W
Unitof:	Bocas del Toro Group
Subunits:	Ground Creek & La Gruta Members

The Isla Colón Formation is an Early Pleistocene geologic formation in the Bocas del Toro Province of northwestern Panama. It preserves coral fossils. The formation, part of the Bocas del Toro Group, comprises limestones and sandstones deposited in a reefal environment.^{[1] [2]}

Fossil content

• Isophyllia maoensis^[3]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Panama

References

Bibliography

• Ann F. Budd . James D. Woodell . Danwei Huang . James S. Klaus . 2019 . Evolution of the Caribbean subfamily Mussinae (Anthozoa: Scleractinia: Faviidae): transitions between solitary and colonial forms . Journal of Systematic Palaeontology . 17 . 18. 1581–1616. 10.1080/14772019.2018.1541932 . 2019JSPal..17.1581B . 92225764 .

Further reading

• A. F. Budd, K. G. Johnson, T. A. Stemann and B. H. Tompkins. 1999. Pliocene to Pleistocene reef coral assemblages in the Limon Group of Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 357:119-158

Notes and References

1. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=Bocas%20del%20Toro&formation=Isla%20Colon&group_formation_member=Isla%20Colon Isla Colón Formation
2. Web site: Archaeological investigations provide late Holocene baseline ecological data for Bocas del Toro, Panama on ResearchGate.
3. Budd et al., 2019