Tentative correlation table of the Tertiary marine sedimentary formations of Panama. 

 [By Thomas "Wayland Vaughan.] 



American 

 time sub- 

 divisions. 



Panama. 



Jamaica. 



Other Antilles. 



Mexico and Central 

 America. 



Southeastern United States. 



European 

 time subdi- 

 visions. 



Pliocene. 



Toro limestone. 



Manchioneal 

 formation. 



Kingston for- 

 mation. 



Pliocene of Guantanamo, Cuba. 



Pliocene of Yucatan 

 and Lunon, Costa 

 Rica. 



Waccamaw marl, Nashua marl, 

 and Caloosahatchee marl (near- 

 ly contemporaneous). 



Sicilian. 

 Astian. 

 Plaisancian. 





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Yorktown formation, DupUn marl, 

 and Choctawhatchee marl (near- 

 ly contemporaneous). 



Pontian. 

 Sarmatian. 





St. Marys formation. 







Choptank formation. 



Tortonian. 



i 



Calvert for- 

 mation. 



Marks Head marl. 





s 





Gatun formation. 





La Cruz marl 

 (Cuba). 



Upper horizon 

 in Martinique. 



Upper horizon 

 in Santo Do- 

 mingo. 



Gatun 

 for- 

 ma- 

 tion 

 (Costa 

 Rica). 



Pacific 

 coast 



of 

 Nica- 

 ragua. 



Expo- 

 sures 



on 

 Isth- 

 mus of 



Te- 

 huan- 

 tepec. 





Helvetian. 





1 



3 



Bowden marl. 



Marl at Bara- 

 coa, Cuba. 



Lower horizon 

 in Martinique. 



Zones G, H, 

 and I in San- 

 to Domingo. 



Aliun Bluff 

 formation. 



Shoal River marl 

 member. 



Oak Grove sand 

 member. 



Chipola marl mem- 

 ber. 



Burdigalian. 





P. 



Emper 



Culebra 

 forma- 

 tion. 



ador limestone. 

 Upper part of 

 Culebra. 





Anguilla formation (Anguilla) and beds at 

 many localities in Cuba. 



San Rafael forma- 

 tion. 



Chattahoo- 

 chee for- 

 mation. 



Tampa formation. 



Aquitanian. 

 Chattian. 



o 



a 



■a 



Lower part of 

 Culebra and 

 limestone at 

 I Tonosi. 



Coral reef 

 at Guan- 

 tanamo, 

 Cuba. 



Antigua 

 formation 

 (Antigua). 



Pepino 



formation 



(Porto 



Rico). 



Lower hor- 

 izon in 

 Santo 

 Domingo. 





Rupelian. 



to 



O 



1 



Limestone 

 with Or- 

 thophragmi- 

 na on Haut 

 Chagresa 

 and 1 i m e - 

 stone at Da- 

 vid {contem- 

 poraneous). 



Boliio 

 con- 

 glomer- 

 ate. 6 



Montpelier 

 white lime- 

 stone. 





Deposits with Pee- 

 ien a£E. P. poul- 

 somi and large, dis- 

 coid orbitoids. 



Vicksburg 

 group. 



B y r a m calcareous 



marl. 

 Marianna limestone. 

 Red Bluff clay. 



Lattorfian 

 (Sannoisian). 





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Cambridge 

 formation. 



Richmond 

 formation. 



St. Bartholomew limestone (St. Bartholomew). 

 Widely distributed in Cuba; also in Haiti. 



Brito for- 

 mation of 

 Nicaragua 

 (typical 

 Brito). 



Frio 

 clay. 

 Fay- 

 ette 

 sand- 

 stone. 



Jackson for- 

 mation. 



Ocala limestone. 



Ludian (Pria- 



bonian). 

 Bartonian. 



1 



S 



Eocene of Tonosi. 





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1 



r 



Claiborne 

 group. 



[ Gosport sand. 

 C 1 ai b r n e 1 Lisbon formation, 

 group. jTallahatta buhr- 

 stone. 



Auversian.c 

 Lutetian. 



O 



3 





Wilcox for- 

 mation. 



Wilcox 

 group. 



Hatchetigbee forma- 

 tion. 



Baslii formation. 



Tuscahoma forma- 

 tion. 



Nanafalia formation. 



Ypresian. c 

 Sparnacian. c 























Midway for- 

 mation. 



\r,MTvc,r (Naheola formation. 

 CTOun^ Sucarnocheeclay. 

 S^o^V- [Clayton limestone. 



Thanetian. c 

 Montian. c 



a Reported by H. Douville and referred to "Stampien inf&leur"=Vicksburgian= Lattorfian; Cushman thinks these deposits should be referred to the upper Eocene and placed 

 opposite the St. Bartholomew limestone in the table. 

 i> May belong stratigraphically somewhat higher. 

 c Correlation proposed by E. W. Berry. 



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