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The Río Banano Formation is a
geologic formation A geological formation, or simply formation, is a body of rock having a consistent set of physical characteristics ( lithology) that distinguishes it from adjacent bodies of rock, and which occupies a particular position in the layers of rock exp ...
in
Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...
of the
Limón Group The Limón Group is a geologic group in Costa Rica. It preserves fossils dating back to the Late Miocene to Early Pleistocene period.
. It preserves
fossils A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved ...
dating back to the
Middle Miocene The Middle Miocene is a sub-epoch of the Miocene epoch (geology), epoch made up of two Stage (stratigraphy), stages: the Langhian and Serravallian stages. The Middle Miocene is preceded by the Early Miocene. The sub-epoch lasted from 15.97 ± 0. ...
to
Piacenzian The Piacenzian is in the international geologic time scale the upper stage (stratigraphy), stage or latest age (geology), age of the Pliocene. It spans the time between 3.6 ± 0.005 year#SI prefix multipliers, Ma and 2.58 Ma (million years ago). T ...
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.


Fossil content

* '' Aphera bananensis'' * '' Isopisthus acer'' * '' Pacuarescarus''Laurito et al., 2014


See also

*
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Costa Rica This page lists the fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Central America. Belize El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Costa Rica Panama See also * Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units ...


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rio Banano Formation Geologic formations of Costa Rica Neogene Costa Rica Sandstone formations Siltstone formations Shale formations Deltaic deposits Shallow marine deposits Formations Claystone formations