Valiente Formation

The Valiente Formation is a geologic formation of the Bocas del Toro Group in the Bocas del Toro Province of northwestern Panama. The formation underlies the Nancy Point Formation and preserves bivalve, gastropod and scaphopod fossils dating back to the Serravallian period.^[1]

Valiente Formation
Stratigraphic range: Serravallian
Type	Formation
Unit of	Bocas del Toro Group
Underlies	Nancy Point Formation
Location
Coordinates	9.2°N 82.1°W / 9.2; -82.1
Approximate paleocoordinates	8.8°N 80.3°W / 8.8; -80.3
Region	Bocas del Toro
Country	Panama
Type section
Named for	Valiente Peninsula
Valiente Formation (Panama)

See also

• Earth sciences portal
• Panama portal
• Paleontology portal

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Panama