The El Mamey Formation is a geologic formation in the Dominican Republic. The formation consists of shales and sandstones interspersed with a conglomerate of well-rounded pebbles, deposited in a fluvio-deltaic environment. El Mamey Formation is one of the formations containing Dominican amber and preserves fossils dating back to the Burdigalian to Langhian period.El Mamey Formation at Fossilworks.org
Fossil content
Palaeoraphe dominicana Roystonea palaea Sphaerodactylus ciguapa, S. dommeli Trithrinax dominicana Eleutherodactylus sp. Chilopoda indet. Diptera indet.
See also
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Dominican Republic La Toca Formation Baitoa Formation Cercado Formation
References
Further reading G. O. Poinar, Jr. and D. C. Canatella. 1987. An upper Eocene frog from the Dominican Republic and its implication for Caribbean biogeography. Science 237:1215-1216