El Mamey Formation


The El Mamey Formation is a geologic formation in the Dominican Republic. The formation consists of shales and sandstones interspersed with a conglomerate of well-rounded pebbles, deposited in a fluvio-deltaic environment. El Mamey Formation is one of the formations containing Dominican amber and preserves fossils dating back to the Burdigalian to Langhian period.

Fossil content

Palaeoraphe dominicanaRoystonea palaeaSphaerodactylus ciguapa, S. dommeliTrithrinax dominicanaEleutherodactylus sp.