Itaboraian


The Itaboraian age is a period within the Early Eocene geologic time epoch of the Paleogene, used more specifically with South American land mammal ages. It follows the Riochican and precedes the Casamayoran age.

Etymology

This age is named after the Itaboraí Formation in the Itaboraí Basin in Itaboraí, a Greater Rio municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil not very far away from Niterói.

Formations

Formation
bold is type		CountryBasinNotes
Itaboraí FormationItaboraí Basin
Bogotá FormationAltiplano Cundiboyacense
Cerrejón FormationCesar-Ranchería Basin
Chota FormationBagua Basin
Koluel Kaike FormationGolfo San Jorge Basin
Las Flores FormationGolfo San Jorge Basin
Maíz Gordo FormationSalta Basin
Mogollón FormationTalara & Tumbes Basins
Muñani FormationAltiplano Basin