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Cucaracha Formation
The
Cucaracha
Formation
is a
geologic formation
in
Panama
. It
preserves
vertebrate
and
plant
fossils
dating
back to the
Neogene period
;
Early to Middle Miocene
epochs
.
Fossils
of the
crocodylian
Centenariosuchus
, the
turtle
Rhinoclemmys
panamaensis
and the
artiodactyl
Paratoceras
have been found in the
formation
.
The Cucaracha Formation is
approximately
thick, and
dated
to 19 to
14
Ma.
Fossil
content
Centenariosuchus
Panascleroticoxylon
Paratoceras coatesi
Prioria
canalensis
,
P. hodgesii
Rhinoclemmys panamaensis
Rourea
blatta
Staurotypus
moschus
Podocnemididae indet.