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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Group | Formation | Period | Notes |
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Ambergris Cay Limestone | Late Pleistocene | [1] | |
El Salvador
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Group | Formation | Period | Notes |
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Cuscatlán Formation | Blancan-Irvingtonian | [2] | |
Guatemala
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Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Guatemala
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Herreria Formation
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Campur Formation
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Ixcoy Formation
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Chocal Formation
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Group | Formation | Period | Notes |
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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
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Gracias Formation
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Esquias Formation
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Cantarranas Formation
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Agua Fría Formation
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El Plan Formation
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Group | Formation | Period | Notes |
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Gracias Formation | Miocene | [7] | |
Valle de Angelis Group | Esquias Formation | Late Albian-Early Turonian | [8] |
Cantarranas Formation | Valanginian | [9] | |
Agua Fría Formation | Bathonian | [10] | |
El Plan Formation | Late Triassic | [11] | |
Nicaragua
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Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nicaragua
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Las Sierras Formation
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El Salto Formation
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Brito Formation
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Group | Formation | Period | Notes |
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Las Sierras Formation | Pleistocene | [12] | |
El Salto Formation | Early Pliocene | [13] | |
Brito Formation | Late Eocene | [14] | |
Costa Rica
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Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Costa Rica
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Charco Azul Group
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Limón Group
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Curré Formation
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Oligocene
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Paleocene-Eocene
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Panama
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Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Panama
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Charco Azul Group
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Bocas del Toro Group
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Chagres Formation
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Culebra Formation
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Gatún Formation
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Gatuncillo Formation
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See also
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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Alhajuela Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Chagres Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Cucaracha Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Gatún 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
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