Canoa Formation
| Canoa Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Piacenzian-Calabrian (Chapadmalalan-Uquian) ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 1°06′S 80°54′W / 1.1°S 80.9°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 1°12′S 80°30′W / 1.2°S 80.5°W |
| Region | Manabí & Santa Elena Provinces |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Canoa |
The Canoa Formation is a Piacenzian to Calabrian (Chapadmalalan to Uquian in the SALMA classification) geologic formation in Ecuador. The sandstones were deposited in a coastal environment. The formation is correlated to the Charco Azul Formation of western Panama and southeastern Costa Rica.