Isla Colón Formation

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]

Isla Colón Formation
Stratigraphic range: Early Pleistocene
TypeFormation
Unit ofBocas del Toro Group
Sub-unitsGround Creek & La Gruta Members
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
OtherSandstone
Location
Coordinates9.3°N 82.1°W / 9.3; -82.1
Approximate paleocoordinates9.2°N 81.8°W / 9.2; -81.8
RegionBocas del Toro
Country Panama
Type section
Named forColón Island
Isla Colón Formation (Panama)

Fossil content
  • Isophyllia maoensis[3]

See also

References
  1. Isla Colón Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. "Archaeological investigations provide late Holocene baseline ecological data for Bocas del Toro, Panama on ResearchGate".
  3. Budd et al., 2019

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. in press (18): 1581–1616. doi:10.1080/14772019.2018.1541932.

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
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