# Brito Formation

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The **Brito Formation** is a [geologic formation](/source/Formation_(geology)) in [Nicaragua](/source/Nicaragua). It preserves [fossils](/source/Fossils) dating back to the [Late Eocene](/source/Late_Eocene) [period](/source/Period_(geology)).[1]

## Fossil content

- *[Astrocoenia dachiardii](/source/Astrocoenia)*
- *[Syzygophyllia hayesi](/source/Syzygophyllia)*

## See also

- [List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nicaragua](/source/List_of_fossiliferous_stratigraphic_units_in_Nicaragua)

## References

1. [Brito Formation](https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=124538) at [Fossilworks](/source/Fossilworks).org

## Further reading

- T. W. Vaughan. 1919. [Fossil corals from Central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico, with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and Recent coral reefs](https://web.archive.org/web/20170130020829/http://www.redciencia.cu/geobiblio/paper/1919_Vaugan_fossilcoralsfrom_bw.pdf). Smithsonian Institution Bulletin 103:189–524

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