Cuscatlán Formation
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| Cuscatlán Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Pliocene-Mid Pleistocene (Blancan-Irvingtonian) | |
| Type | Formation |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 13°48′N 89°12′W / 13.8°N 89.2°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 13°54′N 88°54′W / 13.9°N 88.9°W |
| Region | Cuscatlán |
| Country |  El Salvador |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Cuscatlán Department |
  Cuscatlán Formation (El Salvador) | |
The Cuscatlán Formation is a geologic formation in El Salvador. It preserves fossils dating back to the Pliocene to Middle Pleistocene (Blancan to Irvingtonian) period.[1]
Fossil content
[edit]- Borophagus hilli[2]
- Meizonyx salvadorensis[3]
- Megalonyx obtusidens
- cf. Arctotherium sp.[4]
- Cuvieronius sp.
- Eremotherium sp.
- Geochelone sp.
- Mixotoxodon sp.[5]
- Cervidae indet.
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Cuscatlán Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Río Tomayate at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Barranca del Sisimico at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Arctotherium at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Rincón, 2011, p.896
Bibliography
[edit]- Rincón, Ascanio D (2011), "New remains of Mixotoxodon larensis Van Frank 1957 (Mammalia: Notoungulata) from Mene de Inciarte tar pit, north-western Venezuela" (PDF), Interciencia, 36: 894–899, retrieved 2019-02-05
Further reading
[edit]- Soibelzon, L.H.; Romero, M.R.; Huziel Aguilar, D.; Tartarini, V.B. (2008), "A Blancan (Pliocene) short-faced bear from El Salvador and its implications for Tremarctines in South America", Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, 250: 1–8, retrieved 2019-02-21
- S. D. Webb and S. C. Perrigo. 1984. Late Cenozoic Vertebrates from Honduras and El Salvador. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 4(2):237-254