Laredo Formation

Laredo Formation
Laredo Formation
Stratigraphic range: Lutetian (Uintan); ~48–42 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Formation
Unit of	Claiborne Group
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Other	Shale, limestone
Location
Coordinates	26°24′N 99°12′W / 26.4°N 99.2°W
Approximate paleocoordinates	28°24′N 89°36′W / 28.4°N 89.6°W
Region	Texas; Nuevo León, Tamaulipas
Country	United States; Mexico
	Laredo Formation (Mexico)

The Laredo Formation is a geologic formation and Lagerstätte^[1] in Texas, United States, and Nuevo León and Tamaulipas, Mexico. It preserves fossils dating back to the Lutetian stage of the Eocene period.^[2] Among many other fossils, the formation has provided invertebrates, vertebrates, leaves, pollen and spores and fossil wood of the brackish water palm Nypa sp.^[1]

References

Reitner, Joachim; Qun, Yang; Yongdong, Wang; Reich, Mike (2013), Palaeobiology and Geobiology of Fossil Lagerstätten through Earth History (PDF), Universitätsverlag Göttingen, pp. 1–218, ISBN 978-3-86395-135-1, retrieved 2020-09-15

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Laredo Formation
Stratigraphic range: Lutetian (Uintan) ~48–42 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Type	Formation
Unit of	Claiborne Group
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Other	Shale, limestone
Location
Coordinates	26°24′N 99°12′W / 26.4°N 99.2°W / 26.4; -99.2
Approximate paleocoordinates	28°24′N 89°36′W / 28.4°N 89.6°W / 28.4; -89.6
Region	Texas Nuevo León, Tamaulipas
Country	United States Mexico
Laredo Formation (Mexico)