List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Central America

This page lists the fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Central America.

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Central America

Belize

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Belize
Ambergris Cay Limestone

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

El Salvador

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in El Salvador
Cuscatlán Formation

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

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 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]

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Earth sciences portal
• Central America portal

• Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in North America
  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mexico
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Colombia
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Caribbean