title: List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Central America
text: # 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 |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Herreria Formation | Miocene |
  | | Campur Formation | Turonian-Maastrichtian |
  | | Ixcoy Formation | Aptian-Maastrichtian |
  | Santa Rosa Group | Chocal Formation | Artinskian-Kungurian |
  
  ## Honduras
  
  | Group | Formation | Period |
  | - | - | - |
  | | 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
  
  | Formation | Period |
  | - | - |
  | Las Sierras Formation | Pleistocene |
  | El Salto Formation | Early Pliocene |
  | Brito Formation | Late Eocene |
  
  ## Costa Rica
  
  | Group | Formation | Period |
  | - | - | - |
  | 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 |
  | - | - | - |
  | | 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 |
  