Ambergris Cay Limestone Explained

Ambergris Caye Limestone
Type:	Formation
Age:	Late Pleistocene
Period:	Tarantian
Prilithology:	Limestone
Namedfor:	Ambergris Caye
Coordinates:	18.1°N -87.8°W

The Ambergris Caye Limestone is a geologic formation in Belize. It preserves fossils dating back to the Late Pleistocene period.^[1]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Belize

Further reading

• S. J. Mazzullo. 2006. Late Pliocene to Holocene platform evolution in northern Belize, and comparison with coeval deposits in southern Belize and the Bahamas. Sedimentology 53:1015-1047

Notes and References

1. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=collectionSearch&collection_no=88824 Ambergris Limestone