List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Ecuador
Cangahua Formation
Plio-Pleistocene
Early Pliocene
Onzole Formation
Letrero Formation
Viche Formation
Dos Bocas Formation
Seca Formation
Cazaderos Formation
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] | |
| Onzole Formation | Early Pliocene | [6][7] | |
| Late Miocene-Early Pliocene | [8] | ||
| Late Miocene-Early Pliocene | [9] | ||
| Angostura Formation | Late Miocene | [10] | |
| Late Miocene | [11] | ||
| Middle Miocene | [12] | ||
| Early-Mid Miocene | [13] | ||
| Pebas Formation | Aquitanian-Tortonian | [14] | |
| Letrero Formation | Late Miocene | [15] | |
| Middle Miocene | [16] | ||
| Middle Miocene | [17] | ||
| Middle Miocene | [18] | ||
| Middle Miocene | [19] | ||
| Middle Miocene | [20] | ||
| Biblián Formation | Miocene | [21] | |
| Viche Formation | Langhian | [22] | |
| Early-Mid Miocene | [23][24] | ||
| Dos Bocas Formation | Chattian | [25][26] | |
| Early-Late Oligocene | [27] | ||
| Late Eocene | [28] | ||
| Seca Formation | Late Eocene | [29] | |
| Early Coniacian-Santonian | [30] | ||
| Turonian | [31] | ||
| Cenomanian | [32] | ||
| Albian | [33][34] | ||
| Cazaderos Formation | Albian-Cenomanian | [35] | |
| Late Aptian-Early Albian | [36] |
See also[]
- Geology of Ecuador
- Gomphothere fossils in Ecuador
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Colombia
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Peru
- South American land mammal ages
References[]
- ^ Cangahua Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Tablazo Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Jama Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Canoa Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Esmeraldas Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Onzole Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Onozole (sic) Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Cachabi Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Punta Gorda Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Angostura Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Picaderos Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Borbón Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Santiago Facies Group at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Pebas Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Letrero Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Azogues Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Daule Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ San Cayetano Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Iguincha Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Latrero Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Biblián Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Viche Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Progreso Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Progresso (sic) Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Dos Bocas Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Subibaja Formation (sic) at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Posojra Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Zapallo Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Seca Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Upper Napo Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Middle Napo Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Lower Napo Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Basal Napo Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Napo Group at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Cazaderos Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Ciano Formation at Fossilworks.org
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
- ; , and . 2017. New findings of Pleistocene fossil turtles (Geoemydidae, Kinosternidae and Chelydridae) from Santa Elena Province, Ecuador. PeerJ 5. e3215. Accessed 2019-02-09.
- 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
- ; ; ; ; , and . 2018. Correlación geoquímica entre crudos y rocas del sistema petrolero de la península de Santa Elena y el golfo de Guayaquil. Boletín de Geología 40. 31–42. Accessed 2018-10-01.
- 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
- . 2013. Registros de la deformación y del volcanismo en el dominio del antearco ecuatoriano: sedimentología y bioestratigrafía de la Formación Borbón (thesis), 1–202. Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral. Accessed 2018-09-12.
- . 2017. Marcas de herbivoría en hojas fósiles de las cuencas miocénicas del sur del Ecuador (BSc. thesis), 1–39. Universidad Central del Ecuador. Accessed 2017-10-26.
- ; ; ; , and . 2017. A new tropical Oligocene dolphin from Montañita/Olón, Santa Elena, Ecuador. PLoS ONE 12. e0188380. Accessed 2018-10-01.
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