Cuscatlán Formation

Cuscatlán Formation is located in El Salvador
Cuscatlán Formation
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

  • 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

  • Earth sciences portal
  • flagEl Salvador portal
  • iconPaleontology portal

References

  1. ^ Cuscatlán Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Río Tomayate at Fossilworks.org
  3. ^ Barranca del Sisimico at Fossilworks.org
  4. ^ Arctotherium at Fossilworks.org
  5. ^ Rincón, 2011, p.896

Bibliography

  • 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

  • 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, doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2008/0250-0001, 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