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

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Antigua and Barbuda

Highlands Formation

Antigua Formation

Central Plain Group

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Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	Highlands Formation	Pliocene	^[1]
	Antigua Formation	Late Oligocene	^[2]
Central Plain Group		Oligocene	^[3]

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The Bahamas

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in The Bahamas

Grotto Beach Formation

Lucayan Formation

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Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	Grotto Beach Formation	Mid-Late Pleistocene	^[4]
	Lucayan Formation	Early Pleistocene	^[5]

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Barbados

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Barbados

Coral Rock Formation

Scotland Beds

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Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	Coral Rock Formation	Mid-Late Pleistocene	^[6]
	Scotland Beds	Early Eocene	^[7]

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Cuba

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Cuba

Eocene

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Formation	Period	Notes
La Cruz Formation	Late Pliocene	^[8]
Matanzas Formation	Late Pliocene	^[9]
Canímar Formation	Late Miocene-Pliocene	^[10]
Güines Formation	Early-Mid Miocene	^[11]
Cojímar Formation	Burdigalian-Langhian	^[12]
Bitiri Formation	Early Miocene	^[13]
Lagunitas Formation	Burdigalian	^[14]
Paso Real Formation	Early Miocene	^[15]
Yumurí Formation	Early Miocene	^[16]
Imías Formation	Miocene	^[17]
Consuelo Formation	Priabonian	^[18]
Jabaco Formation	Priabonian	^[19]
Saramaguacán Formation	Middle Eocene	^[20]
Loma Candela Formation	Lutetian-Bartonian	^[21]
Taguasco Formation	Eocene	^[22]
Habana Formation	Early Maastrichtian	^[23]
Habana Formation	Late Campanian	^[23]
Arimao Formation	Santonian	^[24]
Jarao Formation	Santonian	^[25]
Piragua Formation	Santonian	^[26]
Provincial Formation	Cenomanian	^[27]
Guasasa Formation	Early Valanginian	^[28]
Guasasa Formation	Late Tithonian	^[28]
Artemisa Formation	Late Oxfordian-Tithonian	^[29]
Jagua Formation	Mid-Late Oxfordian	^[30]
San Cayetano Formation	Middle Jurassic-Oxfordian	^[31]

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Dominican Republic

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Dominican Republic

La Isabella Formation

Miocene

Río Hatillo Formation

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Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	La Isabella Formation	Pleistocene	^[32]
	Mao Formation	Pliocene	^[33]
	Mao Adentro Formation	Middle Miocene-Zanclean	^[34]
Yaque Group		Late Miocene-Early Pliocene	^[35]
	Río Gurabo Formation	Messinian-Zanclean	^[36]^[37]
	Cercado Formation	Early Miocene-Early Pliocene	^[38]
	Cerros de Sal Formation	Late Miocene	^[39]
	Baitoa Formation	Burdigalian-Langhian	^[40]
	El Mamey Formation	Burdigalian-Langhian	^[41]
	La Toca Formation	Burdigalian-Langhian	^[42]
	Nivaje Shale	Miocene	^[43]
	Yanigua Formation	Miocene	^[44]
Tabera Group	Tabera Formation	Late Oligocene	^[45]
	Cervicos Limestone	Late Oligocene	^[46]^[47]
	Río Hatillo Formation	Early Albian	^[48]

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Grenada

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Grenada

Belmont, Grand Bay and Kendance Formations

Carriacou Formation

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Formation	Period	Notes
Grand Bay Formation	Middle Miocene	^[49]
Kendance Formation	Early-Mid Miocene	^[50]
Carriacou Formation	Early Miocene	^[51]
Belmont Formation	Early Miocene	^[52]

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Haiti

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Haiti

Rivière Gauche Formation

Las Cahobas Formation

Thomonde Formation

Maissade Formation

Plaisance Formation

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Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	Rivière Gauche Formation	Pliocene	^[53]
Artibonite Group	Las Cahobas Formation	Mid-Late Miocene	^[54]
	Thomonde Formation	Early-Mid Miocene	^[55]
	Maissade Formation	Early Oligocene	^[56]
	Plaisance Formation	Middle Eocene	^[57]

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Jamaica

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Jamaica

Coastal Group

Pliocene

White Limestone Group

Yellow Limestone Group

Richmond Formation

Campanian-Maastrichtian

Santonian

Devils Racecourse Formation

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Group	Formation	Period	Notes
Coastal Group	Port Morant Formation	Late Pleistocene	^[58]
	Falmouth Formation	Late Pleistocene	^[59]
	Manchioneal Formation	Gelasian-Calabrian	^[60]
	Bowden Formation	Pliocene	^[61]
	Hope Gate Formation	Pliocene-Pleistocene	^[62]
	Old Pera Formation	Pliocene-Pleistocene	^[63]
	August Town Formation	Late Miocene-Late Pliocene	^[64]
White Limestone Group	Sign Formation	Early Miocene	^[65]
	Moneague Formation	Early Oligocene-Early Miocene	^[66]
	Troy Limestone	Late Eocene	^[67]
	Swanswick Formation	Bartonian-Late Eocene	^[68]
	Gibraltar Limestone	Bartonian	^[69]
Yellow Limestone Group	Somerset Formation	Late Eocene	^[70]^[71]
	Cambridge Formation	Lutetian	^[72]
	Chapelton Formation	Ypresian-Lutetian	^[73]
	Los Hidalgos Formation	Late Eocene	^[74]
	Richmond Formation	Early-Mid Eocene	^[75]
	Maldon Limestone	Late Maastrichtian	^[76]
	Cross Pass Formation	Maastrichtian	^[77]
	Jerusalem Mountain Formation	Maastrichtian	^[78]
	Providence Shales	Maastrichtian	^[79]
	Titanosarcolites Limestone	Maastrichtian	^[80]
	Veniella Shale	Maastrichtian	^[81]
	Woodland Shale	Early Maastrichtian	^[82]
	Slippery Rock Formation	Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian	^[83]
	Stapleton Limestone	Late Campanian-Maastrichtian	^[84]^[85]
	Catadupa Beds	Campanian-Maastrichtian	^[86]
	Rio Grande Formation	Campanian-Maastrichtian	^[87]
	Guinea Corn Formation	Late Campanian-Late Maastrichtian	^[88]
	Barrettia Limestone	Late Campanian	^[89]
Blue Mountain Series Group		Campanian	^[90]
	Harvey River Formation	Late Santonian	^[91]
	Inoceramus Shales	Late Santonian	^[92]
	Mount Peace Formation	Late Santonian	^[93]
	Peters Hill Limestone	Santonian	^[94]
	Devils Racecourse Formation	Hauterivian	^[95]

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Trinidad and Tobago

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Trinidad and Tobago

Miocene

San Fernando Formation

Tobago Volcanic Group

Older Parian Group

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Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	Oropouche Formation	Early-Late Pleistocene	^[96]
	Matura Formation	Pliocene	^[97]
	Talparo Formation	Early Pliocene	^[98]
	Morne l'Enfer Formation	Miocene-Early Pliocene	^[99]
	Springvale Formation	Late Miocene	^[100]
	Manzanilla Formation	Middle Miocene	^[101]
	Moruga Formation	Middle Miocene	^[102]
	Tamana Formation	Burdigalian-Serravallian	^[103]
	Brasso Formation	Early Eocene-Serravallian	^[104]
	Cipero Marl	Early Oligocene-Burdigalian	^[105]
	Morne Diablo Limestone	Oligocene	^[106]
	Boca de Serpiente Formation	Priabonian	^[107]
	Soldado Formation	Thanetian-Bartonian	^[108]
	Lizard Springs Formation	Paleocene-Early Eocene	^[109]
	Nariva Formation	Paleocene	^[110]
	San Fernando Formation	Oligocene	^[111]
	San Fernando Formation	Early Turonian	^[111]
Tobago Volcanic	Bacolet Formation	Albian	^[112]
Older Parian		Aptian	^[113]

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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

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Curaçao

Hato Formation

Ceru di Cueba and Ceru Mainsjie Formations

More information Group, Formation ...

Formation	Period	Notes
Hato Formation	Late Pleistocene	^[114]
Ceru di Cueba Formation	Bartonian	^[115]
Ceru Mainsjie Formation	Bartonian	^[116]

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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

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Anguilla

Anguilla Formation

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Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	Anguilla Formation	Burdigalian-Serravallian	^[117]

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Bermuda

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Bermuda

Devonshire Formation

Rocky Bay Formation

Belmont Formation

Spencer's Point Formation

More information Group, Formation ...

Formation	Period	Notes
Devonshire Formation	Late Pleistocene	^[118]
Rocky Bay Formation	Late Pleistocene	^[119]
Belmont Formation	Middle Pleistocene	^[120]
Spencer's Point Formation	Middle Pleistocene	^[121]

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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

Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Puerto Rico

Miocene

Campanian-Maastrichtian

Barranquitas-Cayey Formation

More information Group, Formation ...

Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	Ponce Limestone	Early Miocene-Early Pliocene	^[122]
	Aymamón Limestone	Mid-Late Miocene	^[123]
	Aguada Limestone	Early-Late Miocene	^[124]
	Quebradillas Limestone	Middle Miocene	^[125]
	Cibao Formation	Aquitanian-Burdigalian	^[126]
	Lares Limestone	Late Oligocene-Early Miocene	^[127]
	Guayanilla Formation	Late Oligocene	^[128]
Guatemala Group	Cibao Marl	Late Oligocene	^[129]
Guatemala Group		Oligocene	^[130]
Río Guatemala Group	San Sebastián Limestone	Early-Late Oligocene	^[131]
	Collazo Shale	Early Oligocene	^[132]
	Pepino Formation	Chattian	^[133]
	Coamo Formation	Danian	^[134]
	Coamo Formation	Maastrichtian	^[134]
	Melones Formation	Early Maastrichtian	^[135]
	El Rayo Formation	Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian	^[136]
	Pozas Formation	Early Campanian-Early Maastrichtian	^[137]
	Cotui Limestone	Late Campanian	^[138]^[139]
	Sabana Grande Formation	Late Campanian	^[140]
	Maravillas Formation	Campanian	^[141]
	Barranquitas-Cayey Formation	Coniacian	^[142]

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References

W. A. van den Bold. 1966. Ostracoda from the Antigua Formation (Oligocene, Lesser Antilles). Journal of Paleontology 40(5):1233-1236
M. Brasier and J. Donahue. 1985. Barbuda - an emerging reef and lagoon complex on the edge of the Lesser Antilles island arc. Journal of the Geological Society of London 142:1101-1117
A. P. Brown. 1913. Notes on the Geology of the Island of Antigua. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 584-616
J. S. H. Collins and S. K. Donovan. 1995. A New Species of Necronectes (Decapoda) from the Upper Oligocene of Anitgua [sic]. Caribbean of Journal of Earth Science 31(1-2):122-127
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S. H. Frost and M. P. Weiss. 1979. Patch-reef communities and succession in the Oligocene of Antigua, West Indies. Geological Society America Bulletin 90:612-616

The Bahamas

A. F. Budd and C. Manfrino. 2001. Coral assemblages and reef environments in the Bahamas Drilling Project cores. in R. N. Ginsburg, ed., Subsurface geology of a prograding carbonate platform margin, Great Bahama Bank: results of the Bahamas Drilling Project. SEPM Special Publication 70 41-59
L. Gardiner. 2001. Stability of Late Pleistocene Reef Mollusks from San Salvador Island, Bahamas. Palaios 16:372-386
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Barbados

J. S. H. Collins and S. F. Morris. 1976. Tertiary and Pleistocene crabs from Barbados and Trinidad. Palaeontology 19(1):107-131
D. A. T. Harper and S. K. Donovan. 2007. Fossil brachiopods from the Pleistocene of the Antilles. Scripta Geologica 135:213-239
Turvey, Samuel T.; Brace, Selina; Weksler, Marcelo (2012), "A new species of recently extinct rice rat (Megalomys) from Barbados", Mammalian Biology - Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde, 77 (6): 404–413, Bibcode:2012MamBi..77..404T, doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2012.03.005, retrieved 2019-02-15
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Bermuda

D. R. Muhs, K. R. Simmons, and B. Steinke. 2002. Timing and warmth of the Last Interglacial period: new U-series evidence from Hawaii and Bermuda and a new fossil compilation for North America. Quaternary Science Reviews 21:1355-1383
H. G. Richards, R. T. Abbott, and T. Skymer. 1969. The marine Pleistocene mollusks of Bermuda. Notulae Naturae 425:1-10

Cuba

E. H. Colbert. 1969. A Jurassic pterosaur from Cuba. American Museum Novitates 2370:1-26
G. A. Cooper. 1979. Tertiary and Cretaceous Brachiopods from Cuba and the Caribbean. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 37:1-45
B. M. Cutress. 1980. Cretaceous and Tertiary Cidaroida (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) of the Caribbean Area. Bulletins of American Paleontology 77(309):1-221
M. Fernandez and M. Iturralde-Vinent. 2000. An Oxfordian Ichthyosauria (Reptilia) from Vinales, western Cuba: paleobiogeographic significance. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(1):191-193
Z. Gasparini. 2009. A new Oxfordian pliosaurid (Plesiosauria, Pliosauridae) in the Caribbean Seaway. Palaeontology 52(3):661-669
Z. Gasparini, M. Fernandez, and M. Fuente. 2004. A new pterosaur from the Jurassic of Cuba. Palaeontology 47:919-927
Z. Gasparini and M. Iturralde Vinent. 2001. Metriorhynchid crocodiles (Crocodyliformes) from the Oxfordian of Western Cuba. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte 9:534-542
A. Graham, D. Cozadd, A. Areces Mallea and N. O. Frederiksen. 2000. Studies in neotropical paleobotany. XIV. A palynoflora from the Middle Eocene Saramaguacan Formation of Cuba. American Journal of Botany 87(10):1526-1539
R. Gutierrez Domech. 1981. Hallazgo de restos de reptil en rocas Jurasicas en Punta de la Sierra, Provincia de Pinar del Rio. Voluntad Hidraulica 18(56):4-11
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M. Iturralde Vinent and M. A. Norell. 1996. Synopsis of Late Jurassic marine reptiles from Cuba. American Museum Novitates 3164:1-17
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A. K. Miller and W. M. Furnish. 1956. An Aturia from eastern Cuba. Journal of Paleontology 30(5):1154
A. K. Miller and H. R. Downs. 1950. Tertiary nautiloids of the Americas: supplement. Journal of Paleontology 24:1-18
R. Myczynski. 1989. Ammonite biostratigraphy of the Tithonian of Western Cuba. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 59:43-125
H. Pugaczewska. 1978. Jurassic pelecypods from Cuba. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 23(2):163-186
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W. E. Schevill. 1950. An Upper Jurassic sepioid from Cuba. Journal of Paleontology 24(1):99-101
C. E. Schweitzer, M. Iturralde-Vinent, J. L. Hetler and J. Velez-Juarbe. 2006. Oligocene and Miocene decapods (Thalassinidea and Brachyura) from the Caribbean. Annals of Carnegie Museum 75(2):111-136
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T. W. Vaughan. 1919. Fossil corals from central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico, with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and Recent coral reefs. Smithsonian Institution Bulletin 103:189-524
H. E. Vokes and E. H. Vokes. 1968. Variation in the genus Orthaulax (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 6(2):71-84

Curaçao

P. Jung. 1974. Eocene Mollusks from Curacao, West Indies. Verhandl. Naturf. Ges. Basel 84(1):483-500
J. M. Pandolfi. 2001. Community structure of Pleistocene coral reefs of Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. Ecological Monographs 71(1):49-67
J. M. Pandolfi, G. Llewellyn, and J. B. C. Jackson. 1999. Pleistocene reef environments, constituent grains, and coral community structure: Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. Coral Reefs 18:107-122
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Dominican Republic

A. G. Beu. 2010. Neogene Tonnoidean Gastropods of Tropical and South America; contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and Uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology (377-378)1-550
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Grenada

P. Jung. 1971. Fossil mollusks from Carriacou, West Indies. Bulletins of American Paleontology 61(269):1-262
R. W. Portell, G. Hubbell, S. Donovan, D.A.T. Harper, and R. Pickerill. 2008. Miocene sharks in the Kendeace and Grand Bay formations of Carriacou, The Grenadines, Lesser Antilles. Caribbean Journal of Science 44(3):279-286

Haiti

J. Butterlin. 1960. Géologie générale et régionale de la République D'Haiti. Travaux et Mémoires de L'Institute des Hautes Estudes de L'Amérique Latine 6
W. Jones. 1918. A Geological Reconnaissance in Haiti a Contribution to Antillean Geology. Journal of Geology 26(8):728-752
M. J. Rathbun. 1923. Fossil Crabs from the Republic of Haiti. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 63:1-6
H. E. Vokes and E. H. Vokes. 1968. Variation in the genus Orthaulax (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 6(2):71-84

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Caribbean

Antigua and Barbuda

The Bahamas

Barbados

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Grenada

Haiti

Jamaica

Trinidad and Tobago

Dependencies of France

Dependencies of the Netherlands

Curaçao

Dependencies of the United Kingdom

Anguilla

Bermuda

Dependencies of the United States

Puerto Rico

See also

References

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