Cuscatlán Formation

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| period = Pliocene

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The Cuscatlán Formation is a geologic formation in El Salvador. It preserves fossils dating back to the Pliocene to Middle Pleistocene (Blancan to Irvingtonian) period.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Cuscatl%E1n&group_formation_member=Cuscatl%E1n Cuscatlán Formation] at Fossilworks.org

Fossil content

Borophagus hilli[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=107827 Río Tomayate] at Fossilworks.org
Meizonyx salvadorensis[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=20152 Barranca del Sisimico] at Fossilworks.org
Megalonyx obtusidens
cf. Arctotherium sp.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=44307 Arctotherium] at Fossilworks.org
Cuvieronius sp.
Eremotherium sp.
Geochelone sp.
Mixotoxodon sp.Rincón, 2011, p.896
Cervidae indet.

{{citation |last=Rincón |first=Ascanio D |year=2011 |title=New remains of Mixotoxodon larensis Van Frank 1957 (Mammalia: Notoungulata) from Mene de Inciarte tar pit, north-western Venezuela |url=http://www.redalyc.org/pdf/339/33921507005.pdf |journal=Interciencia |volume=36 |pages=894–899 |accessdate=2019-02-05}}