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
Group or Formation | Period | Notes |
---|---|---|
Antigua Formation | Paleogene | |
Central Plain Group | Paleogene | |
Highlands Formation | Neogene |
The Bahamas
Group or Formation | Period | Notes |
---|---|---|
Grotto Beach Formation | Neogene | |
Lucayan Formation | Neogene |
Barbados
Group or Formation | Period | Notes |
---|---|---|
Scotland Formation | Paleogene |
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Group or Formation | Period | Notes |
---|---|---|
Belmont Formation | Neogene | |
Carriacou Formation | Neogene | |
Grand Bay Formation | Neogene |
Haiti
Group or Formation | Period | Notes |
---|---|---|
Artibonite Group/Las Cahobas Formation | Neogene | |
Cervicos Limestone | Paleogene | |
Las Cahobas Formation | Neogene | |
Riviere Gauche Formation | Neogene | |
Thomonde Formation | Neogene |
Jamaica
Trinidad and Tobago
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
Group or Formation | Period | Notes |
---|---|---|
Ceru di Cueba Formation | Paleogene | |
Ceru Mainsjie Formation | Paleogene | |
Hato Formation | Late Pleistocene |
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
Group or Formation | Period | Notes |
---|---|---|
Anguilla Formation | Neogene |
Bermuda
Group or Formation | Period | Notes |
---|---|---|
Belmont Formation | Neogene | |
Devonshire Formation | ||
Rocky Bay Formation | ||
Spencer's Point Formation |
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
See also
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mexico
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Central America
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Colombia
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Guyana
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Venezuela
References
- ^ Hato Formation at Fossilworks.org
External links
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
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- Geologic formations of the Caribbean
- Paleontology in the Caribbean
- Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of North America
- Caribbean geology-related lists
- Geology of Antigua and Barbuda
- Geology of the Bahamas
- Geology of Barbados
- Geology of Cuba
- Geology of the Dominican Republic
- Geology of Grenada
- Geology of Haiti
- Geology of Jamaica
- Geology of Trinidad and Tobago
- Geology of Curaçao
- Geology of Anguilla
- Geology of Bermuda
- Geology of Puerto Rico