Canoa Formation
Geologic formation in Ecuador
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The Canoa Formation is a Piacenzian to Calabrian (Chapadmalalan to Uquian in the SALMA classification) geologic formation in Ecuador. The sandstones were deposited in a coastal environment.[1] The formation is correlated to the Charco Azul Formation of western Panama and southeastern Costa Rica.[2]
PrimarySandstone
| Canoa Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Piacenzian-Calabrian (Chapadmalalan-Uquian) ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 1.1°S 80.9°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 1.2°S 80.5°W |
| Region | Manabí & Santa Elena Provinces |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Canoa |
  Canoa Formation (Ecuador) | |
Fossil content
The formation has provided bivalve, gastropod, crustacean, echinoid and scaphopod fossils and vertebrates of: