List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Peru

This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Peru.

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units

Group	Formation	Period	Notes
	La Huaca Formation	Lujanian	^[1]
	Pampa La Brea Formation	Lujanian	^[2]
	Lomas Terrace Formation	Late Pleistocene	^[3]
	Máncora Tablazo Formation	Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene	^[4]
	Huacllaco Formation	Late Pliocene	^[5]
	La Planchada Formation	Late Pliocene	^[6]
	San Juan Terrace Formation	Late Pleistocene	^[7]
	San Sebastián Formation	Late Pleistocene	^[8]
	Taime Formation	Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene	^[9]
	Pisco Formation	Early Miocene-Late Pliocene (Colloncuran-Chapadmalalan)	^[10]
Contamana	Madre de Dios Formation	Chasicoan-Huayquerian	^[11]^[12]
	Miramar Formation	Late Miocene (Huayquerian)	^[13]
	Tumbes Formation	Late Miocene	^[14]
	Ipururo Formation	Middle Miocene (Laventan-Montehermosan)	^[15]
	Cardalitos Formation	Middle Miocene	^[16]
	Navidad Formation	Middle Miocene	^[17]
	Camana Formation	Late Oligocene-Middle Miocene	^[18]
	Montera Formation	Early-Middle Miocene (Colhuehuapian)	^[19]
	Pebas Formation	Early-Late Miocene	^[20]
	Zorritos Formation	Early Miocene	^[21]
	Bala Formation	Santacrucian	^[22]
	Chilcatay Formation	Chattian-Burdigalian (Deseadan-Friasian)	^[23]
	Chambira Formation	Late Oligocene-Early Miocene (Deseadan)	^[24]
	Upper Moquegua Formation	Deseadan	^[25]
	Heath Formation	Late Oligocene	^[26]
	Caballas Formation	Early Eocene-Early Miocene	^[27]
	El Milagro Formation	Early Oligocene (Tinguirirican)	^[28]
	Paracas Formation	Lutetian-Priabonian (Mustersan-Divisaderan)	^[29]
	Pozo Formation	Middle Eocene-Early Oligocene (Mustersan-Divisaderan)	^[30]
	Máncora Formation	Late Eocene-Early Oligocene	^[31]
	Otuma Formation	Priabonian-Rupelian (Tinguirirican)	^[32]
	Yumaque Formation	Priabonian (Divisaderan)	^[33]
Chira	Cone Hill Formation	Priabonian	^[34]
Chira	Mirador Formation	Priabonian	^[35]
	Saman Formation	Late Eocene	^[36]
Salina	Pale Greda Formation	Lutetian	^[37]
Salina	Salina Formation	Lutetian	^[38]
	Yahuarango Formation	Mid-Late Eocene (Mustersan)	^[39]
	Restin Formation	Bartonian	^[40]
	Parinas Formation	Bartonian	^[41]
	Talara Formation	Bartonian	^[42]
	Terebratula Formation	Bartonian	^[43]
	Verdun Formation	Bartonian	^[44]
	Cajaruro Formation	Ypresian-Bartonian	^[45]
	Negritos Formation	Ypresian	^[46]
	Mogollón Formation	Itaboraian-Riochican	^[47]
	Muñani Formation	Late Paleocene-Early Eocene (Itaboraian-Riochican)	^[48]
	Chacras Formation	Early Eocene	^[49]
	Atascadero Formation	Eocene	^[50]
	Carnoas Shale	Eocene	^[51]
	Lobitos Formation	Eocene	^[52]
	Huchpayacu Formation	Paleocene	^[53]
	Couches Rouges Formation	Paleogene	^[54]
	Monte Grande Formation	Maastrichtian	^[55]
	Radiolite Sandstone	Maastrichtian	^[56]
	El Cenizo Formation	Early Maastrichtian	^[57]
	La Tortuga Formation	Early Maastrichtian	^[58]
Vilquechico	Upper Vilquechico Formation	Late Campanian-Maastrichtian	^[59]
	Chota Formation	Campanian-Maastrichtian	^[60]
	La Mesa Formation	Campanian	^[61]
	Chonta Formation	Albian-Coniacian	^[62]
	Vivián Formation	Santonian-Campanian	^[63]
	Celendín Formation	Coniacian-Santonian	^[64]
	Cajamarca Formation	Turonian	^[65]
Quillquiñán	Coñor Formation	Turonian	^[66]
Quillquiñán	Romirón Formation	Cenomanian	^[67]^[68]
	Oriente Formation	Albian-Turonian	^[69]
Pulluicana	Mujarrún Formation	Late Cenomanian	^[70]^[71]
Pulluicana	Yumagual Formation	Late Albian-Cenomanian	^[72]
	Raya Formation	Albian-Cenomanian	^[73]
	Crisnejas Formation	Early-Mid Albian	^[74]
	Chulec Formation	Albian	^[75]
	Inca Formation	Albian	^[76]
	Pariatambo Formation	Albian	^[77]
	Agua Caliente Formation	Aptian-Albian	^[78]
	Esperanza Formation	Aptian	^[79]
Yura	Hualhuani Formation	Early Cretaceous	^[80]
Lima	Atocongo Formation	Late Hauterivian-Early Barremian	^[81]
	Carhuaz Formation	Valanginian-Barremian	^[82]
	Santa Formation	Valanginian	^[83]
Chicama	Punta Moreno Formation	Late Tithonian	^[84]
Chicama	Sapotal Formation	Late Tithonian	^[85]
	Chocolate Formation	Sinemurian	^[86]
Pucara	Condorsinga Formation	Sinemurian	^[87]
	Aramachay Formation	Hettangian	^[88]
	Chambara Formation	Norian	^[89]
Mitu		Artinskian-Kungurian	^[90]
	Copacabana Formation	Permian	^[91]
Tarma		Bashkirian-Moscovian	^[92]
	Ambo Formation	Viséan	^[93]
	Cocachacra Shale	Early Devonian	^[94]
	Lampa Formation	Silurian-Early Devonian	^[95]
	Calapuja Formation	Sandbian	^[96]
	Contaya Formation	Darriwilian	^[97]
	San José Formation	Floian	^[98]^[99]

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Sechura Basin

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Chambira Formation

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Chilcatay Formation

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Chota Formation

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Iñapari Formation

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Madre de Dios Formation

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Mogollón Formation

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Moquegua Formation

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Muñani Formation

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Paracas Formation

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Pisco Formation

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Pozo Formation

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Soncco Formation

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Yahuarango Formation

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Yumaque Formation

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Mesozoic

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C. P. Hughes, R. B. Rickards, and A. Williams. 1980. The Ordovician fauna from the Contaya Formation of eastern Peru. Geological Magazine 117(1):1-21
G. Laubacher, A. J. Boucot, and J. Gray. 1982. Additions to Silurian stratigraphy, lithofacies, biogeography and paleontology of Bolivia and southern Peru. Journal of Paleontology 56(5):1138-1170
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Peru

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units

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