Earth:La Casita Formation
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| La Casita Formation Stratigraphic range: Kimmeridgian–Berriasian | |
|---|---|
 Sedimentary folds of La Casita Formation in Aldama Municipality, Chihuahua, México. | |
| Type | Formation |
| Underlies | Taraises Formation |
| Overlies | Zuloaga Formation |
| Thickness | Around 60 metres |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Siltstone |
| Other | Shale |
| Location | |
| Country | Mexico |
The La Casita Formation is a geologic formation in Mexico. It preserves fossils dating back to the Kimmeridgian to lowermost Berriasian.[1][2] It is laterally equivalent to the La Caja Formation[3] and the Pimienta Formation. The ichthyosaurs Jabalisaurus[4] and Acuetzpalin are known from the formation,[5] as well as the metriorhynchid Dakosaurus[6] and indeterminate pliosaurs.[7]
See also
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mexico
References
- ↑ 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. http://boletinsgm.igeolcu.unam.mx/bsgm/index.php/component/content/article/296-sitio/articulos/cuarta-epoca/6802/1495-6802-8-zell.
- ↑ Ocampo-Díaz., Yam Zul Ernesto (2014). "Procedencia de la Formación La Casita y la Arcosa Patula: implicaciones para la evolución tectono-magmática del NE de México entre el Carbonífero y el Jurásico.". Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 31: 45–63. http://satori.geociencias.unam.mx/31-1/(04)31-1-Ocampo.pdf.
- ↑ Zell, Patrick; Beckmann, Seija; Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang (2013-12-01). "Late Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous belemnites (Cephalopoda: Coleoidea) from northeastern Mexico and their palaeobiogeographic implications". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 270 (3): 325–341. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2013/0374. ISSN 0077-7749.
- ↑ Barrientos-Lara, J. I.; Alvarado-Ortega, J. (2021). "A new ophthalmosaurid (Ichthyosauria) from the Upper Kimmeridgian deposits of the La Casita formation, near Gómez Farías, Coahuila, northern Mexico". Journal of South American Earth Sciences 111: Article 103499. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103499. Bibcode: 2021JSAES.11103499B.
- ↑ Barrientos-Lara, Jair Israel; Alvarado-Ortega, Jesús (March 2020). "Acuetzpalin carranzai gen et sp. nov. A new ophthalmosauridae (Ichthyosauria) from the Upper Jurassic of Durango, North Mexico" (in en). Journal of South American Earth Sciences 98: 102456. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2019.102456. Bibcode: 2020JSAES..9802456B.
- ↑ M.-C. Buchy, W. Stinnesbeck, E. Frey and A. H. Gonzalez Gonzalez. 2007. Première mention du genre Dakosaurus (Crocodyliformes, Thalattosuchia) dans le Jurassique supérieur du Mexique. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 178(5):391-397
- ↑ M.-C. Buchy, E. Frey, W. Stinnesback and J. G. Lopez-Oliva. 2006. An annotated catalogue of the Upper Jurassic (Kimmeridgian and Tithonian) marine reptiles in the collections of the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Facultad de Ciencias de la Tierra, Linares, Mexico. Oryctos 6:1-18
- ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database)). "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=home.
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