List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Central America

Belize

Group or Formation Period Notes
Ambergris Cay Limestone Neogene

Costa Rica

Group or Formation Period Notes
Barra Honda Formation Paleogene
Burica Sandstone Formation Neogene
Charco Azul Formation Neogene
Charco Azul Group/Armuelles Formation Costa Rica
Charco Azul Group/Penita Formation Neogene
ConglomeradoFormation Paleogene
Curre Formation Neogene
Limon Group/Moin Formation Neogene
Limon Group/Quebrada Chocolate Formation Neogene
Limon Group/Rio Banano Formation Neogene
Limon Group/Uscari Formation Neogene
Limónes Formation Neogene
Moin Formation Neogene
Montezuma Formation Costa Rica
Pacacua Formation Paleogene
Paso Real Formation Neogene
Punta Judas Formation Neogene
Punta Pelada Formation Paleogene
Quebrada Chocolate Formation Neogene
Rio Banano Formation Neogene
Terraba Basin Group/Curré Formation Neogene

El Salvador

Group or Formation Period Notes
Cuscatlán Formation Neogene

Guatemala

Group or Formation Period Notes
Campur Formation Cretaceous
Chocal Formation Permian
Chochal Formation Permian
Herreria Formation Neogene
Ixcoy Formation Cretaceous
Santa Rosa Group/Chochal Formation Permian

Honduras

Group or Formation Period Notes
El Plan Formation Triassic
Gracias Formation Neogene
Valle de Angelis Group/Esquias Formation Cretaceous

Nicaragua

Group or Formation Period Notes
Brito Formation Paleogene
El Salto Formation Neogene
Las Sierras Formation Neogene

Panama

Group or Formation Period Notes
Alhajuela Formation Neogene
Bocas del Toro Group/Cayo Agua Formation Neogene
Bocas del Toro Group/Escudo de Veraguas Formation Neogene
Bocas del Toro Group/Isla Colon Formation Ground Creek, La Gruta
Bocas del Toro Group/Nancy Point Formation Neogene
Bocas del Toro Group/Shark Hole Point Formation Neogene
Bocas del Toro Group/Swan Cay Formation Panama
Bohio Formation Paleogene
Caimito Formation Neogene, Paleogene
Caraba Formation Paleogene
Chagres Formation Neogene
Chagres Sandstone Formation Neogene
Charco Azul Formation Neogene
Charco Azul Group/Armuelles Formation Panama
Cucaracha Formation Neogene
Culebra Formation Neogene, Paleogene
Gatun Formation Neogene
Gatuncillo Formation Paleogene
Isla Colon Formation Ground Creek, La Gruta
La Boca Formation Neogene
Mount Hope Formation Panama
Old Bank Formation Neogene
Panama Formation Paleogene
Santiago Formation Paleogene
Tobabe Formation Neogene
Tonosí Formation Paleogene
Tuira Formation Neogene
Urraca Formation Hill Point, Mimitimbi
Valiente Formation Neogene

See also

Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in North America

References

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