Английская Википедия:Angostura Formation, Ecuador

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Шаблон:Other use Шаблон:Infobox rockunit The Angostura Formation is a Late Miocene (Mayoan to Montehermosan in the SALMA classification) geologic formation of the Borbón Basin in northwestern Ecuador.[1]

Description

The coarse sandstones and beds of conglomerates, about Шаблон:Convert in thickness. The formation is resistant to erosion and is largely barren, but at a few places there are lenses or interbeds filled with finely preserved fossils. The formation overlies the Viche Formation, and is overlain by the lower Onzole Formation. The Angostura Formation is time-equivalent with the fossiliferous Gatún Formation of Panama.[1]

Fossil content

The formation has provided bivalve and gastropod fossils.[1]

See also

References

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Further reading

  • Шаблон:Cite LSA
  • P. Jung. 1989. Revision of the Strombina-group (Gastropoda; Columbellidae), fossil and living. Schweierische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 111:1-298
  • A. A. Olsson. 1964. Neogene Mollusks From Northwestern Ecuador
  • E. H. Vokes and H. E. Vokes. 2000. Catalogue of Tulane University fossil localities.