Chocal Formation

{{short description|Geologic formation in Guatemala}}

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| name = Chocal Formation

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| type = Formation

| age = Artinskian-Kungurian

| period = Kungurian

| prilithology = Limestone

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| region = Huehuetenango

| country = Guatemala

| coordinates = {{coord|15.4|N|91.5|W|display=inline,title}}

| unitof = Santa Rosa Group

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| extent = Sierra de los Cuchumatanes

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| width = 250

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| lat_deg = 15.5

| lon_deg = -91.6

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The Chocal Formation is a geologic formation in Guatemala. The limestone formation preserves fossils dating back to the Permian period.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Chocal&group_formation_member=Chocal Chocal Formation] at Fossilworks.org