List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Caribbean

The Paleobiology Database lists no known fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The database also records no fossiliferous stratigraphic units within several regions of the Caribbean like the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Nueva Esparta.

Antigua and Barbuda

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Antigua and Barbuda
Highlands Formation
Antigua Formation
Central Plain Group

Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	Highlands Formation	Pliocene	[1]
	Antigua Formation	Late Oligocene	[2]
Central Plain Group		Oligocene	[3]

The Bahamas

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in The Bahamas
Grotto Beach Formation
Lucayan Formation

Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	Grotto Beach Formation	Mid-Late Pleistocene	[4]
	Lucayan Formation	Early Pleistocene	[5]

Barbados

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Barbados
Coral Rock Formation
Scotland Beds

Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	Coral Rock Formation	Mid-Late Pleistocene	[6]
	Scotland Beds	Early Eocene	[7]

Cuba

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Cuba
Late Pliocene
Canímar Formation
Early-Middle Miocene
Eocene
Habana Formation
Late Cretaceous
Guasasa Formation
Jurassic

Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	La Cruz Formation	Late Pliocene	[8]
	Matanzas Formation	Late Pliocene	[9]
	Canímar Formation	Late Miocene-Pliocene	[10]
	Güines Formation	Early-Mid Miocene	[11]
	Cojímar Formation	Burdigalian-Langhian	[12]
	Bitiri Formation	Early Miocene	[13]
	Lagunitas Formation	Burdigalian	[14]
	Paso Real Formation	Early Miocene	[15]
	Yumurí Formation	Early Miocene	[16]
	Imías Formation	Miocene	[17]
	Consuelo Formation	Priabonian	[18]
	Jabaco Formation	Priabonian	[19]
	Saramaguacán Formation	Middle Eocene	[20]
	Loma Candela Formation	Lutetian-Bartonian	[21]
	Taguasco Formation	Eocene	[22]
	Habana Formation	Early Maastrichtian	[23]
		Late Campanian
	Arimao Formation	Santonian	[24]
	Jarao Formation	Santonian	[25]
	Piragua Formation	Santonian	[26]
	Provincial Formation	Cenomanian	[27]
	Guasasa Formation	Early Valanginian	[28]
		Late Tithonian
	Artemisa Formation	Late Oxfordian-Tithonian	[29]
	Jagua Formation	Mid-Late Oxfordian	[30]
	San Cayetano Formation	Middle Jurassic-Oxfordian	[31]

Dominican Republic

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Dominican Republic
La Isabella Formation
Pliocene
Late Miocene
Burdigalian-Langhian
Miocene
Late Oligocene
Río Hatillo Formation

Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	La Isabella Formation	Pleistocene	[32]
	Mao Formation	Pliocene	[33]
	Mao Adentro Formation	Middle Miocene-Zanclean	[34]
Yaque Group		Late Miocene-Early Pliocene	[35]
	Río Gurabo Formation	Messinian-Zanclean	[36][37]
	Cercado Formation	Early Miocene-Early Pliocene	[38]
	Cerros de Sal Formation	Late Miocene	[39]
	Baitoa Formation	Burdigalian-Langhian	[40]
	El Mamey Formation	Burdigalian-Langhian	[41]
	La Toca Formation	Burdigalian-Langhian	[42]
	Nivaje Shale	Miocene	[43]
	Yanigua Formation	Miocene	[44]
Tabera Group	Tabera Formation	Late Oligocene	[45]
	Cervicos Limestone	Late Oligocene	[46][47]
	Río Hatillo Formation	Early Albian	[48]

Grenada

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Grenada
Belmont, Grand Bay and Kendance Formations
Carriacou Formation

Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	Grand Bay Formation	Middle Miocene	[49]
	Kendance Formation	Early-Mid Miocene	[50]
	Carriacou Formation	Early Miocene	[51]
	Belmont Formation	Early Miocene	[52]

Haiti

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Haiti
Rivière Gauche Formation
Las Cahobas Formation
Thomonde Formation
Maissade Formation
Plaisance Formation

Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	Rivière Gauche Formation	Pliocene	[53]
Artibonite Group	Las Cahobas Formation	Mid-Late Miocene	[54]
	Thomonde Formation	Early-Mid Miocene	[55]
	Maissade Formation	Early Oligocene	[56]
	Plaisance Formation	Middle Eocene	[57]

Jamaica

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Jamaica
Coastal Group
Pliocene
White Limestone Group
Yellow Limestone Group
Richmond Formation
Campanian-Maastrichtian
Santonian
Devils Racecourse Formation

Group	Formation	Period	Notes
Coastal Group	Port Morant Formation	Late Pleistocene	[58]
	Falmouth Formation	Late Pleistocene	[59]
	Manchioneal Formation	Gelasian-Calabrian	[60]
	Bowden Formation	Pliocene	[61]
	Hope Gate Formation	Pliocene-Pleistocene	[62]
	Old Pera Formation	Pliocene-Pleistocene	[63]
	August Town Formation	Late Miocene-Late Pliocene	[64]
White Limestone Group	Sign Formation	Early Miocene	[65]
	Moneague Formation	Early Oligocene-Early Miocene	[66]
	Troy Limestone	Late Eocene	[67]
	Swanswick Formation	Bartonian-Late Eocene	[68]
	Gibraltar Limestone	Bartonian	[69]
Yellow Limestone Group	Somerset Formation	Late Eocene	[70][71]
	Cambridge Formation	Lutetian	[72]
	Chapelton Formation	Ypresian-Lutetian	[73]
	Los Hidalgos Formation	Late Eocene	[74]
	Richmond Formation	Early-Mid Eocene	[75]
	Maldon Limestone	Late Maastrichtian	[76]
	Cross Pass Formation	Maastrichtian	[77]
	Jerusalem Mountain Formation	Maastrichtian	[78]
	Providence Shales	Maastrichtian	[79]
	Titanosarcolites Limestone	Maastrichtian	[80]
	Veniella Shale	Maastrichtian	[81]
	Woodland Shale	Early Maastrichtian	[82]
	Slippery Rock Formation	Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian	[83]
	Stapleton Limestone	Late Campanian-Maastrichtian	[84][85]
	Catadupa Beds	Campanian-Maastrichtian	[86]
	Rio Grande Formation	Campanian-Maastrichtian	[87]
	Guinea Corn Formation	Late Campanian-Late Maastrichtian	[88]
	Barrettia Limestone	Late Campanian	[89]
Blue Mountain Series Group		Campanian	[90]
	Harvey River Formation	Late Santonian	[91]
	Inoceramus Shales	Late Santonian	[92]
	Mount Peace Formation	Late Santonian	[93]
	Peters Hill Limestone	Santonian	[94]
	Devils Racecourse Formation	Hauterivian	[95]

Trinidad and Tobago

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Trinidad and Tobago
Oropouche Formation
Pliocene
Miocene
Paleogene-Miocene
Paleogene
San Fernando Formation
Tobago Volcanic Group
Older Parian Group

Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	Oropouche Formation	Early-Late Pleistocene	[96]
	Matura Formation	Pliocene	[97]
	Talparo Formation	Early Pliocene	[98]
	Morne l'Enfer Formation	Miocene-Early Pliocene	[99]
	Springvale Formation	Late Miocene	[100]
	Manzanilla Formation	Middle Miocene	[101]
	Moruga Formation	Middle Miocene	[102]
	Tamana Formation	Burdigalian-Serravallian	[103]
	Brasso Formation	Early Eocene-Serravallian	[104]
	Cipero Marl	Early Oligocene-Burdigalian	[105]
	Morne Diablo Limestone	Oligocene	[106]
	Boca de Serpiente Formation	Priabonian	[107]
	Soldado Formation	Thanetian-Bartonian	[108]
	Lizard Springs Formation	Paleocene-Early Eocene	[109]
	Nariva Formation	Paleocene	[110]
	San Fernando Formation	Oligocene	[111]
		Early Turonian
Tobago Volcanic	Bacolet Formation	Albian	[112]
Older Parian		Aptian	[113]

Dependencies of France

The Paleobiology Database lists no known fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the French dependencies of St. Barthélemy or St. Martin.

Dependencies of the Netherlands

The Paleobiology Database lists no known fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Dutch dependencies of Aruba, Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten.

Curaçao

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Curaçao
Hato Formation
Ceru di Cueba and Ceru Mainsjie Formations

Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	Hato Formation	Late Pleistocene	[114]
	Ceru di Cueba Formation	Bartonian	[115]
	Ceru Mainsjie Formation	Bartonian	[116]

Dependencies of the United Kingdom

The Paleobiology Database lists no known fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the British dependencies of the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Montserrat, or the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Anguilla

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Anguilla
Anguilla Formation

Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	Anguilla Formation	Burdigalian-Serravallian	[117]

Bermuda

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Bermuda
Devonshire Formation
Rocky Bay Formation
Belmont Formation
Spencer's Point Formation

Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	Devonshire Formation	Late Pleistocene	[118]
	Rocky Bay Formation	Late Pleistocene	[119]
	Belmont Formation	Middle Pleistocene	[120]
	Spencer's Point Formation	Middle Pleistocene	[121]

Dependencies of the United States

The Paleobiology Database lists no known fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the American dependencies of Navassa Island or the United States Virgin Islands.

Puerto Rico

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Puerto Rico
Ponce Limestone
Miocene
Lares Limestone
Oligocene
Coamo Formation
Campanian-Maastrichtian
Barranquitas-Cayey Formation

Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	Ponce Limestone	Early Miocene-Early Pliocene	[122]
	Aymamón Limestone	Mid-Late Miocene	[123]
	Aguada Limestone	Early-Late Miocene	[124]
	Quebradillas Limestone	Middle Miocene	[125]
	Cibao Formation	Aquitanian-Burdigalian	[126]
	Lares Limestone	Late Oligocene-Early Miocene	[127]
	Guayanilla Formation	Late Oligocene	[128]
Guatemala Group	Cibao Marl	Late Oligocene	[129]
		Oligocene	[130]
Río Guatemala Group	San Sebastián Limestone	Early-Late Oligocene	[131]
	Collazo Shale	Early Oligocene	[132]
	Pepino Formation	Chattian	[133]
	Coamo Formation	Danian	[134]
		Maastrichtian
	Melones Formation	Early Maastrichtian	[135]
	El Rayo Formation	Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian	[136]
	Pozas Formation	Early Campanian-Early Maastrichtian	[137]
	Cotui Limestone	Late Campanian	[138][139]
	Sabana Grande Formation	Late Campanian	[140]
	Maravillas Formation	Campanian	[141]
	Barranquitas-Cayey Formation	Coniacian	[142]

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Earth sciences portal
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