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Angostura Formation, Ecuador

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324: 331: 296: 396:, about 150 metres (490 ft) in thickness. The formation is resistant to erosion and is largely barren, but at a few places there are lenses or interbeds filled with finely preserved fossils. The formation overlies the 461: 484:"Neogene Tonnoidean Gastropods of Tropical and South America; contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and Uplift of the Central American Isthmus" 437: 323: 580: 530: 525: 17: 488: 575: 570: 365: 248: 209: 565: 202: 535: 506:-group (Gastropoda; Columbellidae), fossil and living. Schweierische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 111:1-298 560: 393: 190: 127: 137: 369: 283: 373: 311: 550: 545: 540: 405: 401: 147: 555: 397: 157: 241: 519: 483: 361: 84: 44: 31: 512:
E. H. Vokes and H. E. Vokes. 2000. Catalogue of Tulane University fossil localities.
353: 35: 465: 59: 104: 69: 263: 250: 224: 211: 425: 389: 180: 109: 53: 99: 94: 79: 74: 64: 421: 377: 301: 114: 89: 409: 357: 40: 404:. The Angostura Formation is time-equivalent with the fossiliferous 509:
A. A. Olsson. 1964. Neogene Mollusks From Northwestern Ecuador
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Ecuador
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Index

Angostura Formation
Stratigraphic range
Late Miocene
Mayoan
Montehermosan
Ma
PreꞒ

O
S
D
C
P
T
J
K
Pg
N
Geological formation
Santiago Group
Onzole Formation
Viche Formation
Sandstone
Conglomerate
Coordinates
1°00′N 79°36′W / 1.0°N 79.6°W / 1.0; -79.6
Approximate paleocoordinates
0°36′N 78°00′W / 0.6°N 78.0°W / 0.6; -78.0
Esmeraldas Province
Ecuador

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