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| name           = Artibonite Group
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| type           = [[Earth:Group (stratigraphy)|Group]]
| age            = Mid-Late Miocene
| period         = Messinian
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| country        = {{HAI}}
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| subunits       = Las Cahobas Formation
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The '''Artibonite Group''' is a geologic group in Haiti. It preserves fossils dating back to the Middle to Late Miocene period.<ref>[http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=displayStrata&geological_group=&formation=Las%20Cahobas&group_formation_member=Las%20Cahobas Artibonite Group] at [[Biology:Fossilworks|Fossilworks]].org</ref>

== See also ==
* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Haiti

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* J. Butterlin. 1960. Géologie générale et régionale de la République D'Haiti. Travaux et Mémoires de L'Institute des Hautes Estudes de L'Amérique Latine 6

[[Category:Geological groups]]



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