Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

Pebas Formation

Geological formation in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pebas Formationmap
Remove ads

The Pebas Formation is a lithostratigraphic unit of Miocene age, found in western Amazonia. The formation extends over 1,000,000 square kilometres (390,000 sq mi), including parts of Brazil, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia.[1] It is interpreted as representing the deposits of a lake ("Lake Pebas") or series of lakes, formed within the foreland basin of the Andes mountain belt. It is known for its abundant fossil ostracods and molluscs and an unusually diverse group of crocodylians.[2]

Quick Facts Underlies, Overlies ...
Remove ads
Remove ads

Fossil content

Fish

More information Taxa, Species ...

Insects

More information Taxa, Species ...

Mammals

More information Taxa, Species ...

Reptiles

More information Taxa, Species ...
Remove ads

Correlations

Laventan

More information Formation, Honda ...

Huayquerian

More information Formation, Cerro Azul ...
Remove ads

References

Further reading

Loading content...
Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads