Nancy Point Formation

Nancy Point Formation
Stratigraphic range: Messinian
Type	Formation
Unit of	Bocas del Toro Group
Underlies	Shark Hole Point Formation
Overlies	Valiente Formation
Lithology
Primary	Siltstone
Other	Sandstone
Location
Coordinates	9.1°N 82.0°W / 9.1; -82.0
Approximate paleocoordinates	9.0°N 81.0°W / 9.0; -81.0
Region	Bocas del Toro
Country	Panama
Type section
Named for	Nancy Point
Nancy Point Formation (Panama)

The Nancy Point Formation is a geologic formation in Panama. It preserves fossils dating back to the Miocene period.[1]

Fossil content

• Admetula valientensis[2]
• Cancellaria pilula[2]
• Diaphus apalus, D. depressifrons, D. multiserratus[3]
• Lobianchia johnfitchi[3]
• Massyla corpulenta[2]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Panama

References

1. Nancy Point Formation at Fossilworks.org
2. Landau et al., 2012
3. Schwarzhans & Aguilera, 2013

Bibliography

• Landau, Bernard; Petit, Richard E.; Da Silva, Carlos M. (2012), "New Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Gatun Formation of Panama, with Eleven New Species", Journal of Paleontology, 86 (6): 907–930, Bibcode:2012JPal...86..907L, doi:10.1666/12-043R.1, retrieved 2019-02-09
• Schwarzhans, Werner; Aguilera, Órangel (2013), "Otoliths of the Myctophidae from the Neogene of tropical America", Palaeo Ichthyologica, 13: 83–150, retrieved 2019-02-09