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This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Ecuador.

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units

Group Formation Period Notes
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]

See also

References

Further reading

  • G. Bianucci, C. Di Celma, W. Landini and J. Buckeridge. 2006. Palaeoecology and taphonomy of an extraordinary whale barnacle accumulation from the Plio-Pleistocene of Ecuador. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 242:326-342
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  • G. Cantalamessa, C. Di Celma, and L. Ragaini. 2005. Sequence stratigraphy of the Punta Ballena Member of the Jama Formation (Early Pleistocene, Ecuador): insights from integrated sedimentologic, taphonomic and paleoecologic analysis of molluscan shell concentrations. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 216:1-25
  • P. F. Hasson and A. G. Fischer. 1986. Observations on the Neogene of Northwestern Ecuador. Micropaleontology 32(1):32-42
  • P. Jung. 1989. Revision of the Strombina-group (Gastropoda; Columbellidae), fossil and living. Schweierische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 111:1-298
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  • A. A. Olsson. 1964. Neogene Mollusks From Northwestern Ecuador
  • H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson. 1941. A Pliocene fauna from Western Ecuador. Proceedings of the Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 93:1-79
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