List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Caribbean
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The Paleobiology Database lists no known fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The database also records no fossiliferous stratigraphic units within several regions of the Caribbean like the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Nueva Esparta.
Antigua and Barbuda
Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Antigua and Barbuda
Highlands Formation
Antigua Formation
Central Plain Group



Group | Formation | Period | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Highlands Formation | Pliocene | [1] | |
Antigua Formation | Late Oligocene | [2] | |
Central Plain Group | Oligocene | [3] | |
The Bahamas
Group | Formation | Period | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Grotto Beach Formation | Mid-Late Pleistocene | [4] | |
Lucayan Formation | Early Pleistocene | [5] |
Barbados
Group | Formation | Period | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Coral Rock Formation | Mid-Late Pleistocene | [6] | |
Scotland Beds | Early Eocene | [7] | |
Cuba
Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Cuba
Late Pliocene
Canímar Formation
Early-Middle Miocene
Eocene
Habana Formation
Late Cretaceous
Guasasa Formation
Jurassic








Dominican Republic
Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Dominican Republic
La Isabella Formation
Pliocene
Late Miocene
Burdigalian-Langhian
Miocene
Late Oligocene
Río Hatillo Formation







Grenada
Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Grenada
Belmont, Grand Bay and Kendance Formations
Carriacou Formation


Group | Formation | Period | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Grand Bay Formation | Middle Miocene | [49] | |
Kendance Formation | Early-Mid Miocene | [50] | |
Carriacou Formation | Early Miocene | [51] | |
Belmont Formation | Early Miocene | [52] | |
Haiti
Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Haiti
Rivière Gauche Formation
Las Cahobas Formation
Thomonde Formation
Maissade Formation
Plaisance Formation





Group | Formation | Period | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Rivière Gauche Formation | Pliocene | [53] | |
Artibonite Group | Las Cahobas Formation | Mid-Late Miocene | [54] |
Thomonde Formation | Early-Mid Miocene | [55] | |
Maissade Formation | Early Oligocene | [56] | |
Plaisance Formation | Middle Eocene | [57] | |
Jamaica
Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Jamaica
Coastal Group
Pliocene
White Limestone Group
Yellow Limestone Group
Richmond Formation
Campanian-Maastrichtian
Santonian
Devils Racecourse Formation








Trinidad and Tobago
Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Trinidad and Tobago
Oropouche Formation
Pliocene
Miocene
Paleogene-Miocene
Paleogene
San Fernando Formation
Tobago Volcanic Group
Older Parian Group








Dependencies of France
The Paleobiology Database lists no known fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the French dependencies of St. Barthélemy or St. Martin.
Dependencies of the Netherlands
The Paleobiology Database lists no known fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Dutch dependencies of Aruba, Bonaire, Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten.
Curaçao
Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Curaçao
Hato Formation
Ceru di Cueba and Ceru Mainsjie Formations


Group | Formation | Period | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Hato Formation | Late Pleistocene | [114] | |
Ceru di Cueba Formation | Bartonian | [115] | |
Ceru Mainsjie Formation | Bartonian | [116] | |
Dependencies of the United Kingdom
The Paleobiology Database lists no known fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the British dependencies of the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Montserrat, or the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Anguilla
Group | Formation | Period | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Anguilla Formation | Burdigalian-Serravallian | [117] | |
Bermuda
Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Bermuda
Devonshire Formation
Rocky Bay Formation
Belmont Formation
Spencer's Point Formation




Group | Formation | Period | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Devonshire Formation | Late Pleistocene | [118] | |
Rocky Bay Formation | Late Pleistocene | [119] | |
Belmont Formation | Middle Pleistocene | [120] | |
Spencer's Point Formation | Middle Pleistocene | [121] | |
Dependencies of the United States
Summarize
Perspective
The Paleobiology Database lists no known fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the American dependencies of Navassa Island or the United States Virgin Islands.
Puerto Rico
Fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Puerto Rico
Ponce Limestone
Miocene
Lares Limestone
Oligocene
Coamo Formation
Campanian-Maastrichtian
Barranquitas-Cayey Formation







See also
- Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the United States
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mexico
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Central America
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Colombia
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Guyana
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Venezuela
References
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