Majagua Fm
Period:
Paleogene
Age Interval:
Middle Oligocene - Woodring (1960)
Province:
Burica Peninsula
Type Locality and Naming
Sapper (1937). Name appears on chart above David Fm. Middle Oligocene. In Chiriqui Province, the Río Majagua (presumed source of name) is one of numerous streams flowing southward from Volcan de Chiriqui, a tributary of Río David.
Synonym:
Lithology and Thickness
N/A
Lithology Pattern:
No Data
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Upper contact
No Data
Regional extent
In Chiriqui Province.
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Chattian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0
Beginning date (Ma):
27.29
Ending stage:
Aquitanian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
0
Ending date (Ma):
23.04
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
References:
- Woodring (1960). Undefined name. Oligocene (?).
- Keroher et al. (1966)
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)