The Santa Rosa Group is a geologic group in Belize and Guatemala. It contains the Chochal Formation.[1] 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°36′N 92°00′W / 15.6°N 92.0°W |
| Region | Huehuetenango |
| Country |  Belize Guatemala |
   Santa Rosa Group (Guatemala) | |
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- 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