Cuscatlán Formation

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]

Cuscatlán Formation Stratigraphic range: Pliocene-Mid Pleistocene (Blancan-Irvingtonian)
Type	Formation
Location
Coordinates	13.8°N 89.2°W
Approximate paleocoordinates	13.9°N 88.9°W
Region	Cuscatlán
Country	El Salvador
Type section
Named for	Cuscatlán Department
Cuscatlán Formation (El Salvador)

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

1. Cuscatlán Formation at Fossilworks.org
2. Río Tomayate at Fossilworks.org
3. Barranca del Sisimico at Fossilworks.org
4. Arctotherium at Fossilworks.org
5. Rincón, 2011, p.896

Bibliography

• Rincón, Ascanio D. 2011. New remains of Mixotoxodon larensis Van Frank 1957 (Mammalia: Notoungulata) from Mene de Inciarte tar pit, north-western Venezuela. Interciencia 36. 894–899. Accessed 2019-02-05.

Further reading

• Soibelzon, L.H.; M.R. Romero; D. Huziel Aguilar, and V.B. Tartarini. 2008. A Blancan (Pliocene) short-faced bear from El Salvador and its implications for Tremarctines in South America. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 250. 1–8. Accessed 2019-02-21.
• S. D. Webb and S. C. Perrigo. 1984. Late Cenozoic Vertebrates from Honduras and El Salvador. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 4(2):237-254