This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Ecuador. __NOTOC__
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units Group Formation Period Notes Cangahua Formation Late Pleistocene Cangahua Formation at Fossilworks.org Tablazo Formation Late Pliocene-Late Pleistocene Tablazo Formation at Fossilworks.org Jama Formation Pliocene-Early Pleistocene Jama Formation at Fossilworks.org Canoa Formation Piacenzian-Calabrian Canoa Formation at Fossilworks.org Esmeraldas Formation Early Pliocene Esmeraldas Formation at Fossilworks.org Daule Onzole Formation Early Pliocene Onzole Formation at Fossilworks.orgOnozole (sic) Formation at Fossilworks.org Cachabi Formation Late Miocene-Early Pliocene Cachabi Formation at Fossilworks.org Punta Gorda Formation Late Miocene-Early Pliocene Punta Gorda Formation at Fossilworks.org Santiago Angostura Formation Late Miocene Angostura Formation at Fossilworks.org Picaderos Formation Late Miocene Picaderos Formation at Fossilworks.org Borbón Formation Middle Miocene Borbón Formation at Fossilworks.org Santiago Facies Early-Mid Miocene Santiago Facies Group at Fossilworks.org Pebas Formation Aquitanian-Tortonian Pebas Formation at Fossilworks.org Letrero Formation Late Miocene Letrero Formation at Fossilworks.org Azogues Formation Middle Miocene Azogues Formation at Fossilworks.org Daule Formation Middle Miocene Daule Formation at Fossilworks.org San Cayetano Formation Middle Miocene San Cayetano Formation at Fossilworks.org Nabón Iguincha Formation Middle Miocene Iguincha Formation at Fossilworks.org Latrero Formation Middle Miocene Latrero Formation at Fossilworks.org Biblián Formation Miocene Biblián Formation at Fossilworks.org Viche Formation Langhian Viche Formation at Fossilworks.org Progreso Progreso Formation Early-Mid Miocene Progreso Formation at Fossilworks.orgProgresso (sic) Formation at Fossilworks.org Subibaja Dos Bocas Formation Chattian Dos Bocas Formation at Fossilworks.orgSubibaja Formation (sic) at Fossilworks.org Posojra Formation Early-Late Oligocene Posojra Formation at Fossilworks.org Zapallo Formation Late Eocene Zapallo Formation at Fossilworks.org Ancón Seca Formation Late Eocene Seca Formation at Fossilworks.org Napo Upper Napo Formation Early Coniacian-Santonian Upper Napo Formation at Fossilworks.org Middle Napo Formation Turonian Middle Napo Formation at Fossilworks.org Lower Napo Formation Cenomanian Lower Napo Formation at Fossilworks.org Basal Napo Formation Albian Basal Napo Formation at Fossilworks.orgNapo Group at Fossilworks.org Alamor Cazaderos Formation Albian-Cenomanian Cazaderos Formation at Fossilworks.org Ciano Formation Late Aptian-Early Albian Ciano Formation at Fossilworks.org
See also
Gomphothere fossils in Ecuador List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Colombia List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Peru South American land mammal ages
References
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
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
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