Rio Banano Formation

Geology

Group: Limon

Members: unnamed (36)

Lithologies: not reported (1), "siliciclastic" (20), claystone (2), siltstone (12), sandstone (14)

Paleoenvironments: marine indet. (23), coastal indet. (5), deltaic indet. (8), shoreface (1)

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 20.44000 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Costa Rica (203166)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Costa Rica (Limon) (124711)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Costa Rica (Limon) (228544)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica (Limon) (228540 228541 228542 228543)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica (131302 131303 131307 131308 131309 131311 131312 131313 131340 131341 131919 132644 134652 134653 134664 134677 135459 226678 226679 226680)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica (Limon) (79796 79798 79799 79800 79801 79802 79803 79990 79991 136344)