List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Central America

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Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Central America

This page lists the fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Central America.

Belize

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Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Belize

Ambergris Cay Limestone

Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	Ambergris Cay Limestone	Late Pleistocene	^[1]

El Salvador

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Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in El Salvador

Cuscatlán Formation

Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	Cuscatlán Formation	Blancan-Irvingtonian	^[2]

Guatemala

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Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Guatemala

Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	Herreria Formation	Miocene	^[3]
	Campur Formation	Turonian-Maastrichtian	^[4]
	Ixcoy Formation	Aptian-Maastrichtian	^[5]
Santa Rosa Group	Chocal Formation	Artinskian-Kungurian	^[6]

Honduras

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Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Honduras

Gracias Formation

Esquias Formation

Valle de Ángeles Redbeds

Cantarranas Formation

Agua Fría Formation

El Plan Formation

Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	Gracias Formation	Miocene	^[7]
Valle de Ángeles Group	Esquias Formation	Late Albian-Early Turonian	^[8]
Valle de Ángeles Group	Valle de Ángeles Redbeds	Late Albian-Early Cenomanian	^[9]
	Cantarranas Formation	Valanginian	^[10]
	Agua Fría Formation	Bathonian	^[11]
	El Plan Formation	Middle Jurassic	^[12]

Nicaragua

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Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nicaragua

Las Sierras Formation

El Salto Formation

Brito Formation

Formation	Period	Notes
Las Sierras Formation	Pleistocene	^[13]
El Salto Formation	Early Pliocene	^[14]
Brito Formation	Late Eocene	^[15]

Costa Rica

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Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Costa Rica

Group	Formation	Period	Notes
Charco Azul Group	Armuelles Formation	Early Pleistocene	^[16]
	Penita Formation	Early Pliocene	^[17]
	Charco Azul Formation	Pliocene	^[18]
Limón Group	Moin Formation	Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene	^[19]
	Río Banano Formation	Middle Miocene-Piacenzian	^[20]
	Uscari Formation	Late Miocene	^[21]
	Quebrada Chocolate Formation	Miocene	^[22]
	Montezuma Formation	Pleistocene	^[23]
	Paso Real Formation	Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene	^[24]
	Burica Sandstone	Early Pliocene	^[25]
Taraba Basin Group	Curré Formation	Hemphillian	^[26]
	Limónes Formation	Late Miocene	^[27]
	Punta Judas Formation	Middle Miocene	^[28]
	Juanilla Formation	Chattian	^[29]
	Conglomerado-Arenisca Formation	Late Oligocene	^[30]
	Punta Pelada Formation	Late Oligocene	^[31]
	Pacacua Formation	Oligocene	^[32]
	Descartes Formation	Ypresian-Priabonian	^[33]
	Barra Honda Formation	Late Paleocene	^[34]

Panama

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Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Panama

Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	Pacific Muck Formation	Late Pleistocene-Holocene	^[35]
	Mount Hope Formation	Early Pleistocene	^[36]
	Urraca Formation	Early Pleistocene	^[37]
Charco Azul Group	Armuelles Formation	Early Pleistocene	^[38]
Charco Azul Group	Charco Azul Formation	Pliocene	^[39]
Bocas del Toro Group	Swan Cay Formation	Early Pleistocene	^[40]
	Isla Colón Formation	Early Pleistocene	^[41]
	Escudo de Veraguas Formation	Piacenzian-Early Pleistocene	^[42]
	Cayo Agua Formation	Zanclean-Piacenzian	^[43]
	Shark Hole Point Formation	Zanclean-Piacenzian	^[44]
	Nancy Point Formation	Messinian	^[45]
	Valiente Formation	Serravallian	^[46]
	Isla Solarte Formation	Piacenzian	^[47]
	Chagres Formation	Tortonian-Messinian	^[48]
	Gatún Formation	Serravallian-Tortonian	^[49]
	Alajuela Formation	Tortonian	^[50]^[51]
	Cucaracha Formation	Hemingfordian	^[52]
	La Boca Formation	Early Miocene	^[53]
	Old Bank Formation	Messinian	^[54]
	Tobabe Formation	Messinian	^[55]
	Tuira Formation	Tortonian	^[56]
	Chucunaque Formation	Tortonian	^[57]
	Culebra Formation	Aquitanian-Burdigalian	^[58]
	Las Cascadas Formation	Arikareean	^[59]
	Caimito Formation	Late Oligocene-Early Miocene	^[60]
	Panama Formation	Late Oligocene	^[61]
	Santiago Formation	Late Oligocene	^[62]
	Bohío Formation	Late Eocene-Late Oligocene	^[63]
	Caraba Formation	Early Oligocene	^[64]
	Tonosí Formation	Priabonian	^[65]
	Gatuncillo Formation	Middle-Late Eocene	^[66]

References

^ Ambergris Limestone at Fossilworks.org
^ Cuscatlán Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Herreria Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Campur Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Ixcoy Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Chocal Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Gracias Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Esquias Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Silva Romo, 2008, p.27
^ Cantarranas Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Agua Fría Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ El Plan Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Las Sierras Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ El Salto Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Brito Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Armuelles Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Penita Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Charco Azul Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Moin Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Río Banano Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Uscari Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Quebrada Chocolate Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Montezuma Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Paso Real Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Burica Sandstone at Fossilworks.org
^ Curré Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Limónes Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Punta Judas Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Juanilla Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Conglomerado-Arenisca Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Punta Pelada Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Pacacua Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Descartes Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Barra Honda Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Pacific Muck Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Mount Hope Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Urraca Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Armuelles Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Charco Azul Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Swan Cay Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Isla Colón Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Escudo de Veraguas Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Cayo Agua Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Shark Hole Point Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Nancy Point Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Valiente Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Isla Solarte Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Chagres Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Gatún Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Alajuela Formation^{[dead link‍]} at Fossilworks.org
^ Alhajuela Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Cucaracha Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ La Boca Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Old Bank Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Tobabe Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Tuira Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Chucunaque Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Culebra Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Las Cascadas Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Caimito Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Panama Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Santiago Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Bohío Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Caraba Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Tonosí Formation at Fossilworks.org
^ Gatuncillo Formation at Fossilworks.org

Bibliography

Honduras

Silva Romo, Gilberto (2008), Origen tectónico y evolución de la Cuenca Tehuitzingo-Tepexi, Estado de Puebla (PhD thesis) (PDF), UNAM, pp. 1–209, retrieved 2019-02-19

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of the countries and dependencies of North America

Sovereign
states

Entire	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama St. Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States
In part	Colombia San Andrés and Providencia France Guadeloupe Martinique Netherlands Bonaire Saba Sint Eustatius Venezuela Nueva Esparta

Dependencies

Denmark	Greenland
France	Clipperton Island St. Barthélemy St. Martin St. Pierre and Miquelon
Netherlands	Aruba Curaçao Sint Maarten
United Kingdom	Anguilla Bermuda British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Montserrat Turks and Caicos Islands
United States	Navassa Island Puerto Rico United States Virgin Islands

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Dependencies and territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Falkland Islands French Guiana Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saba Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
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