Río Banano Formation

The Río Banano Formation is a geologic formation in Costa Rica of the Limón Group. It preserves fossils dating back to the Middle Miocene to Piacenzian period.^[1]

Río Banano Formation
Stratigraphic range: Middle Miocene-Piacenzian
Type	Formation
Unit of	Limón Group
Underlies	Moin Formation
Overlies	Uscari Formation
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone, siltstone
Other	Claystone
Location
Coordinates	9.9°N 83.1°W / 9.9; -83.1
Approximate paleocoordinates	9.8°N 83.3°W / 9.8; -83.3
Region	Limón Province
Country	Costa Rica
Type section
Named for	Banano River
Río Banano Formation (Costa Rica)

Fossil content

• Aphera bananensis^[2]
• Isopisthus acer^[3]
• Pacuarescarus^[4]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Costa Rica