Moin Formation

The Moin Formation is a geologic formation in Costa Rica. It preserves fossils dating back to the Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene period.[1]

Moin Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene
TypeFormation
Unit ofLimón Group
Sub-unitsEmpalme, Lomas del Mar, Middle & Santa Rosa Members
OverliesRío Banano Formation
Lithology
PrimarySiltstone, limestone, sandstone, claystone
OtherMudstone, grainstone
Location
RegionLimón Province
Country Costa Rica
Type section
Named forMoin
Moin Formation (Costa Rica)

Fossil content

  • Cataetyx stringeri[2]
  • Engina moinensis[3]

See also

References

  1. Moin Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. Schwarzhand & Aguilera, 2016
  3. Landau & Vermeij, 2012

Bibliography

  • Bernard Landau; Geerat J. Vermeij (2012). "The genera Engina and Ameranna nov. gen. (Mollusca: Gastropoda, Buccinoidea, Buccinidae, Pisaniinae) from the Western Atlantic Neogene". Cainozoic Research. 9 (1): 121–133.
  • Schwarzhans, Werner, and Órangel Aguilera. 2016. Otoliths of the Ophidiiformes from the Neogene of tropical America. Palaeo Ichthyologica 14. 91–124. Accessed 2019-02-09.

Further reading

  • S. D. Cairns. 1995. New records of azooxanthellate stony corals (Cnidaria: Scleractinia and Stylasteridae) from the Neogene of Panama and Costa Rica. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108(3):533-550
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