Chiguiri Fm
Period:
Paleogene
Age Interval:
Paleocene - Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias (1991)
Province:
Eastern Panama
Type Locality and Naming
The term first appeared in Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias (1991) and is used as well in Instituto Geografico Nacional (IGN) "Tommy Guardia" (1996). In both cases, no reference is given regarding the origin of the name. It is included in the “Chiguiri Gr” (which also includes the “Punta Matanza” Fm) which also makes its first appearance in the same document and with no details with regards to the origin of the name.
Type Locality is found on the Caribbean coast, west of “Punta de San Blas” area.
Synonym: Unknown
Lithology and Thickness
Instituto Geografico Nacional (IGN) "Tommy Guardia" (1996) describes it as “deformed shales” (In Spanish - Lutitas deformadas).
Lithology Pattern:
Claystone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
N/A
Upper contact
N/A
Regional extent
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GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Danian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0
Beginning date (Ma):
66.04
Ending stage:
Danian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1
Ending date (Ma):
61.66
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
References: Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias (1991); Instituto Geografico Nacional (IGN) "Tommy Guardia" (1996) (Appendix B)
Compiler:
Jacques LeBlanc (2021), Stratigraphic Lexicon: The Onshore Cenozoic Sedimentary Formations of The Republic of Panama. Biosis: Biological Systems, 2(1), 173 pp. https://doi.org/10.37819/biosis.002.01.0095 (or via https://sites.google.com/site/leblancjacques)