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fossil
A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved ...
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stratigraphic unit
A stratigraphic unit is a volume of rock of identifiable origin and relative age range that is defined by the distinctive and dominant, easily mapped and recognizable petrographic, lithologic or paleontologic features (facies) that characterize it ...
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Central America
Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...
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Belize
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama
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Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in North America
* Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Canada
* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Caribbean
* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Central America
* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Greenland
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mexico
This is a list of stratigraphic units (groups, formations and members), containing fossils and pertaining to the North American country of Mexico.
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* Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in North America
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Colombia
Several stratigraphic units in Colombia have provided fossils. The richest formations are the Devonian Cuche and Floresta Formations, the Cretaceous Paja Formation, the Paleocene Cerrejón Formation and the Miocene La Venta site. The latter is ...
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in the Caribbean
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 t ...
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Central America
Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...
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