Punta Matanza Fm
Period:
Paleogene
Age Interval:
Paleocene - Instituto Geografico Nacional (IGN) "Tommy Guardia" (1996) (APP-B1; APP-B2)
Province:
Eastern Panama
Type Locality and Naming
The term first appeared on the map of Instituto Geografico Nacional (IGN) "Tommy Guardia" (1996). No reference is given regarding the origin of the name. It is included in the “Chiguiri Gr” (which also includes the Chiguiri Fm) which also makes its first appearance on the same map and with no details with regards to the origin of the name.
Type Locality is not mentioned.
Synonym: N/A
Lithology and Thickness
Instituto Geografico Nacional (IGN) "Tommy Guardia" (1996) describes it as “Graywacke, shales and limestone”.
Lithology Pattern:
Clayey limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
N/A
Upper contact
N/A
Regional extent
Found on the Caribbean coast, west of “Punta de San Blas” area. (Geo-JSON is left empty on purpose)
GeoJSON
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Fossils
N/A
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Selandian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0
Beginning date (Ma):
61.66
Ending stage:
Selandian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1
Ending date (Ma):
59.24
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
References: Instituto Geografico Nacional (IGN) "Tommy Guardia" (1996)
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)