Cuscatlán Formation

The Cuscatlán Formation is a geologic formation in El Salvador. It preserves fossils dating back to the Pliocene to Middle Pleistocene (Blancan to Irvingtonian) period.^[1]

Cuscatlán Formation
Stratigraphic range: Pliocene-Mid Pleistocene (Blancan-Irvingtonian)
Type	Formation
Location
Coordinates	13.8°N 89.2°W / 13.8; -89.2
Approximate paleocoordinates	13.9°N 88.9°W / 13.9; -88.9
Region	Cuscatlán
Country	El Salvador
Type section
Named for	Cuscatlán Department
Cuscatlán Formation (El Salvador)

Fossil content

• Borophagus hilli^[2]
• Meizonyx salvadorensis^[3]
• Megalonyx obtusidens
• cf. Arctotherium sp.^[4]
• Cuvieronius sp.
• Eremotherium sp.
• Geochelone sp.
• Mixotoxodon sp.^[5]
• Cervidae indet.

See also

• Earth sciences portal
• El Salvador portal
• Paleontology portal

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in El Salvador