List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Central America
This page lists the fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Central America.
Belize
Group | Formation | Period | Notes |
Ambergris Cay Limestone | Late Pleistocene |
El Salvador
Group | Formation | Period | Notes |
Cuscatlán Formation | Blancan-Irvingtonian |
Guatemala
Group | Formation | Period | Notes |
Herreria Formation | Miocene | ||
Campur Formation | Turonian-Maastrichtian | ||
Ixcoy Formation | Aptian-Maastrichtian | ||
Santa Rosa Group | Chocal Formation | Artinskian-Kungurian |
Honduras
Group | Formation | Period | Notes |
Gracias Formation | Miocene | ||
Valle de Ángeles Group | Esquias Formation | Late Albian-Early Turonian | |
Valle de Ángeles Group | Valle de Ángeles Redbeds | Late Albian-Early Cenomanian | |
Cantarranas Formation | Valanginian | ||
Agua Fría Formation | Bathonian | ||
El Plan Formation | Middle Jurassic |
Nicaragua
Group | Formation | Period | Notes |
Las Sierras Formation | Pleistocene | ||
El Salto Formation | Early Pliocene | ||
Brito Formation | Late Eocene |
Costa Rica
Group | Formation | Period | Notes |
Charco Azul Group | Armuelles Formation | Early Pleistocene | |
Charco Azul Group | Penita Formation | Early Pliocene | |
Charco Azul Group | Charco Azul Formation | Pliocene | |
Limón Group | Moin Formation | Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene | |
Limón Group | Río Banano Formation | Middle Miocene-Piacenzian | |
Limón Group | Uscari Formation | Late Miocene | |
Limón Group | Quebrada Chocolate Formation | Miocene | |
Montezuma Formation | Pleistocene | ||
Paso Real Formation | Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene | ||
Burica Sandstone | Early Pliocene | ||
Taraba Basin Group | Curré Formation | Hemphillian | |
Limónes Formation | Late Miocene | ||
Punta Judas Formation | Middle Miocene | ||
Juanilla Formation | Chattian | ||
Conglomerado-Arenisca Formation | Late Oligocene | ||
Punta Pelada Formation | Late Oligocene | ||
Pacacua Formation | Oligocene | ||
Descartes Formation | Ypresian-Priabonian | ||
Barra Honda Formation | Late Paleocene |
Panama
Group | Formation | Period | Notes |
Pacific Muck Formation | Late Pleistocene-Holocene | ||
Mount Hope Formation | Early Pleistocene | ||
Urraca Formation | Early Pleistocene | ||
Charco Azul Group | Armuelles Formation | Early Pleistocene | |
Charco Azul Group | Charco Azul Formation | Pliocene | |
Bocas del Toro Group | Swan Cay Formation | Early Pleistocene | |
Bocas del Toro Group | Isla Colón Formation | Early Pleistocene | |
Bocas del Toro Group | Escudo de Veraguas Formation | Piacenzian-Early Pleistocene | |
Bocas del Toro Group | Cayo Agua Formation | Zanclean-Piacenzian | |
Bocas del Toro Group | Shark Hole Point Formation | Zanclean-Piacenzian | |
Bocas del Toro Group | Nancy Point Formation | Messinian | |
Bocas del Toro Group | Valiente Formation | Serravallian | |
Isla Solarte Formation | Piacenzian | ||
Chagres Formation | Tortonian-Messinian | ||
Gatún Formation | Serravallian-Tortonian | ||
Alajuela Formation | Tortonian | ||
Cucaracha Formation | Hemingfordian | ||
La Boca Formation | Early Miocene | ||
Old Bank Formation | Messinian | ||
Tobabe Formation | Messinian | ||
Tuira Formation | Tortonian | ||
Chucunaque Formation | Tortonian | ||
Culebra Formation | Aquitanian-Burdigalian | ||
Las Cascadas Formation | Arikareean | ||
Caimito Formation | Late Oligocene-Early Miocene | ||
Panama Formation | Late Oligocene | ||
Santiago Formation | Late Oligocene | ||
Bohío Formation | Late Eocene-Late Oligocene | ||
Caraba Formation | Early Oligocene | ||
Tonosí Formation | Priabonian | ||
Gatuncillo Formation | Middle-Late Eocene |