The Pimienta Formation is a geologic formation in Mexico. It preserves fossils dating back to the Tithonian-Berriasian.[1][2] The formation is considered laterally equivalent to the La Casita Formation. The Metriorhynchid Cricosaurus vignaudi is known from the formation.[3]
| Pimienta Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Lower Tamaulipas Formation |
| Overlies | Taman Formation |
| Thickness | Over 50 metres |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone, Bentonite, Breccia |
| Location | |
| Country | Mexico |
See also
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References
edit- ^ Zell, P., Stinnesbeck, W. (2016). "Salinites grossicostatum Imlay, 1939 and S. finicostatum sp. nov. from the latest Tithonian (Late Jurassic) of northeastern Mexico". Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana. 68 (2): 305–311. doi:10.18268/BSGM2016v68n2a8.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ López Martínez, Rafael; Barragán, Ricardo; Reháková, Daniela; Martini, Michelangelo; Eguiluz de Antuñano, Samuel (2015). "Calpionellid biostratigraphy, U-Pb geochronology and microfacies of the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous Pimienta Formation (Tamazunchale, San Luis Potosí, central-eastern Mexico)". Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana. 67 (1): 75–86. doi:10.18268/bsgm2015v67n1a6. ISSN 1405-3322.
- ^ Frey, Eberhard; Buchy, Marie-Céline; Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang; López-Oliva, José Guadalupe (2002-10-01). "Geosaurus vignaudi n.sp. (Crocodyliformes: Thalattosuchia), first evidence of metriorhynchid crocodilians in the Late Jurassic (Tithonian) of central-east Mexico (State of Puebla)". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 39 (10): 1467–1483. doi:10.1139/e02-060. ISSN 0008-4077.
External links
edit- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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