Paso Real Formation, Costa Rica

The Paso Real Formation is a geologic formation in Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. The sandstones and conglomerates preserve vertebrate fossils dating back to the Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene period.Paso Real Formation at Fossilworks.org

Fossil content The following fossils have been found in the formation:

Rhynchotherium blickiLaurito & Valerio, 2005, p.78 Crocodylus sp.Mead et al., 2006 Equus sp. Eremotherium sp. Holmesina sp. Pampatherium sp. Camelidae indet. Gomphotheriidae indet. Testudines indet.

See also

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Costa Rica

References

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