List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Ecuador
Geology of Ecuador
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Major fossiliferous stratigraphic units in EcuadorCangahua Formation
Plio-Pleistocene
Early Pliocene
Onzole Formation
Letrero Formation
Viche Formation
Dos Bocas Formation
Seca Formation
Napo Group
Cazaderos Formation
Ciano Formation
This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Ecuador.
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units
Group | Formation | Period | Notes |
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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] | |
Daule | Onzole Formation | Early Pliocene | [6][7] |
Cachabi Formation | Late Miocene-Early Pliocene | [8] | |
Punta Gorda Formation | Late Miocene-Early Pliocene | [9] | |
Santiago | Angostura Formation | Late Miocene | [10] |
Picaderos Formation | Late Miocene | [11] | |
Borbón Formation | Middle Miocene | [12] | |
Santiago Facies | Early-Mid Miocene | [13] | |
Pebas Formation | Aquitanian-Tortonian | [14] | |
Letrero Formation | Late Miocene | [15] | |
Azogues Formation | Middle Miocene | [16] | |
Daule Formation | Middle Miocene | [17] | |
San Cayetano Formation | Middle Miocene | [18] | |
Nabón | Iguincha Formation | Middle Miocene | [19] |
Latrero Formation | Middle Miocene | [20] | |
Biblián Formation | Miocene | [21] | |
Viche Formation | Langhian | [22] | |
Progreso | Progreso Formation | Early-Mid Miocene | [23][24] |
Subibaja | Dos Bocas Formation | Chattian | [25][26] |
Posojra Formation | Early-Late Oligocene | [27] | |
Zapallo Formation | Late Eocene | [28] | |
Ancón | Seca Formation | Late Eocene | [29] |
Napo | Upper Napo Formation | Early Coniacian-Santonian | [30] |
Middle Napo Formation | Turonian | [31] | |
Lower Napo Formation | Cenomanian | [32] | |
Basal Napo Formation | Albian | [33][34] | |
Alamor | Cazaderos Formation | Albian-Cenomanian | [35] |
Ciano Formation | Late Aptian-Early Albian | [36] |
See also
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
- Cadena, Edwin A.; Abella, Juan; Gregori, Maria D. (2017), "New findings of Pleistocene fossil turtles (Geoemydidae, Kinosternidae and Chelydridae) from Santa Elena Province, Ecuador", PeerJ, 5: e3215, doi:10.7717/peerj.3215, PMC 5401626, PMID 28439472
- 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
- Lorenzo, Erica; Roca Beltrán, Wladimir Andrés; Martínez, Manuel; Morato, Antonio; Escandón Panchana, Paulo César; Álvarez Domínguez, Cristian Paul (2018), "Correlación geoquímica entre crudos y rocas del sistema petrolero de la península de Santa Elena y el golfo de Guayaquil" (PDF), Boletín de Geología, 40: 31–42, doi:10.18273/revbol.v40n1-2018002, retrieved 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
- Ramírez Parrales, María Fernanda (2013), Registros de la deformación y del volcanismo en el dominio del antearco ecuatoriano: sedimentología y bioestratigrafía de la Formación Borbón (thesis) (PDF), Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral, pp. 1–202, retrieved 2018-09-12
- Romero Carrasco, Ana Iveth (2017), Marcas de herbivoría en hojas fósiles de las cuencas miocénicas del sur del Ecuador (BSc. thesis) (PDF), Universidad Central del Ecuador, pp. 1–39, retrieved 2017-10-26
- Tanaka, Yoshihiro; Abella, Juan; Aguirre Fernández, Gabriel; Gregori, María; Fordyce, R. Ewan (2017), "A new tropical Oligocene dolphin from Montañita/Olón, Santa Elena, Ecuador", PLoS ONE, 12 (12): e0188380, Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1288380T, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0188380, PMC 5737981, PMID 29261688
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