List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Central America






























Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Central America
This page lists the fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Central America.
Belize


Group | Formation | Period | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Ambergris Caye Limestone | Late Pleistocene | [1] |
El Salvador


Group | Formation | Period | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Cuscatlán Formation | Blancan-Irvingtonian | [2] |
Guatemala





Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Guatemala
Herreria Formation
Campur Formation
Ixcoy Formation
Chocal Formation




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







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 Redbeds | Late Albian-Early Cenomanian | [9] | |
Cantarranas Formation | Valanginian | [10] | |
Agua Fría Formation | Bathonian | [11] | |
El Plan Formation | Middle Jurassic | [12] |
Nicaragua




Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nicaragua
Las Sierras Formation
El Salto Formation
Brito Formation



Group | Formation | Period | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Las Sierras Formation | Pleistocene | [13] | |
El Salto Formation | Early Pliocene | [14] | |
Brito Formation | Late Eocene | [15] |
Costa Rica









Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Costa Rica
Charco Azul Group
Limón Group
Curré Formation
Oligocene
Paleocene-Eocene





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









Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Panama
Charco Azul Group
Bocas del Toro Group
Chagres Formation
Culebra Formation
Tuira Formation
Gatún Formation
Gatuncillo Formation
Tonosí Formation








See also
- Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in North America
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Colombia
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Caribbean
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 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