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: Tithonian–Berriasian
TypeFormation
UnderliesLower Tamaulipas Formation
OverliesTaman Formation
ThicknessOver 50 metres
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone, Bentonite, Breccia
Location
CountryMexico

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  1. ^ 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)
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
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