List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Ecuador

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This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Ecuador .

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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units

GroupFormationPeriodNotes
Cangahua Formation Late Pleistocene [1]
Tablazo Formation Late Pliocene-Late Pleistocene [2]
Jama Formation Pliocene-Early Pleistocene [3]
Canoa Formation Piacenzian-Calabrian [4]
Esmeraldas Formation Early Pliocene [5]
Daule Onzole Formation Early Pliocene [6] [7]
Cachabi Formation Late Miocene-Early Pliocene [8]
Punta Gorda Formation Late Miocene-Early Pliocene [9]
Santiago Angostura Formation Late Miocene [10]
Picaderos Formation Late Miocene [11]
Borbón Formation Middle Miocene [12]
Santiago Facies Early-Mid Miocene [13]
Pebas Formation Aquitanian-Tortonian [14]
Letrero Formation Late Miocene [15]
Azogues Formation Middle Miocene [16]
Daule Formation Middle Miocene [17]
San Cayetano Formation Middle Miocene [18]
Nabón Iguincha Formation Middle Miocene [19]
Latrero Formation Middle Miocene [20]
Biblián Formation Miocene [21]
Viche Formation Langhian [22]
Progreso Progreso Formation Early-Mid Miocene [23] [24]
Subibaja Dos Bocas Formation Chattian [25] [26]
Posojra Formation Early-Late Oligocene [27]
Zapallo Formation Late Eocene [28]
Ancón Seca Formation Late Eocene [29]
Napo Upper Napo Formation Early Coniacian-Santonian [30]
Middle Napo Formation Turonian [31]
Lower Napo Formation Cenomanian [32]
Basal Napo Formation Albian [33] [34]
Alamor Cazaderos Formation Albian-Cenomanian [35]
Ciano Formation Late Aptian-Early Albian [36]

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References

  1. Cangahua Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. Tablazo Formation at Fossilworks.org
  3. Jama Formation at Fossilworks.org
  4. Canoa Formation at Fossilworks.org
  5. Esmeraldas Formation at Fossilworks.org
  6. Onzole Formation at Fossilworks.org
  7. Onozole (sic) Formation at Fossilworks.org
  8. Cachabi Formation at Fossilworks.org
  9. Punta Gorda Formation at Fossilworks.org
  10. Angostura Formation at Fossilworks.org
  11. Picaderos Formation at Fossilworks.org
  12. Borbón Formation at Fossilworks.org
  13. Santiago Facies Group at Fossilworks.org
  14. Pebas Formation at Fossilworks.org
  15. Letrero Formation at Fossilworks.org
  16. Azogues Formation at Fossilworks.org
  17. Daule Formation at Fossilworks.org
  18. San Cayetano Formation at Fossilworks.org
  19. Iguincha Formation at Fossilworks.org
  20. Latrero Formation at Fossilworks.org
  21. Biblián Formation at Fossilworks.org
  22. Viche Formation at Fossilworks.org
  23. Progreso Formation at Fossilworks.org
  24. Progresso (sic) Formation at Fossilworks.org
  25. Dos Bocas Formation at Fossilworks.org
  26. Subibaja Formation (sic) at Fossilworks.org
  27. Posojra Formation at Fossilworks.org
  28. Zapallo Formation at Fossilworks.org
  29. Seca Formation at Fossilworks.org
  30. Upper Napo Formation at Fossilworks.org
  31. Middle Napo Formation at Fossilworks.org
  32. Lower Napo Formation at Fossilworks.org
  33. Basal Napo Formation at Fossilworks.org
  34. Napo Group at Fossilworks.org
  35. Cazaderos Formation at Fossilworks.org
  36. Ciano Formation at Fossilworks.org

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