| 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 / 13.8; -89.2 |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 13°54′N 88°54′W / 13.9°N 88.9°W / 13.9; -88.9 |
| 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.
Fossil content
- Borophagus hilli
- Meizonyx salvadorensis
- Megalonyx obtusidens
- cf. Arctotherium sp.
- Cuvieronius sp.
- Eremotherium sp.
- Geochelone sp.
- Mixotoxodon sp.
- Cervidae indet.
See also
References
- 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
- 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