Esmeraldas Formation

Geology

Members: unnamed (14)

Lithologies: "siliciclastic" (7), mudstone (5), sandstone (3)

Paleoenvironments: marine indet. (10), deep-water indet. (4)

Age range: Early/Lower Pliocene or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma
Collections

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (131293 131299 131332 131333 131334 131335 131336)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) (60770 60771 60772)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (90838 90839 90840 90857)