Cuscatlán Formation Explained

Cuscatlán Formation
Type:	Formation
Age:	Pliocene-Mid Pleistocene (Blancan-Irvingtonian)
Period:	Pliocene
Namedfor:	Cuscatlán Department
Region:	Cuscatlán
Coordinates:	13.8°N -89.2°W
Paleocoordinates:	13.9°N -88.9°W

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

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in El Salvador

References

Bibliography

Further reading

• • S. D. Webb and S. C. Perrigo. 1984. Late Cenozoic Vertebrates from Honduras and El Salvador. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 4(2):237-254

Notes and References

1. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Cuscatl%E1n&group_formation_member=Cuscatl%E1n Cuscatlán Formation
2. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=107827 Río Tomayate
3. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=20152 Barranca del Sisimico
4. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=44307 Arctotherium
5. Rincón, 2011, p.896