Santa Rosa Group

For other uses, see Santa Rosa Formation.

The Santa Rosa Group is a geologic group in Belize and Guatemala. It contains the Chochal Formation. The marine lithified, black, calcareous shales preserve fossils dating back to the Pennsylvanian to Kungurian stages of the Carboniferous and Permian periods.

Santa Rosa Group
Stratigraphic range: Pennsylvanian-Kungurian ~
Type	Group
Sub-units	Chochal Formation
Lithology
Primary	Shale
Other	Sandstone, limestone
Location
Coordinates	15.6°N 92.0°W / 15.6; -92.0
Region	Huehuetenango
Country	Belize Guatemala
Santa Rosa Group (Guatemala)

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Belize
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Guatemala

Further reading

• J. H. Bateson. 1972. New interpretation of geology of Maya Mountains, British Honduras. AAPG Bulletin 56:956-963
• F.G. Stehli and R. E. Grant. 1970. Permian brachiopods from Huehuetenango, Guatemala. Journal of Paleontology 44(1):23-36
• C. G. Dixon. 1956. Geology of southern British Honduras, with notes on adjacent areas 109-85