Aurora Limestone

Aurora Limestone
Aurora Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Albian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Cretaceous
Type	Formation
Unit of	Chihuahuan Basin
Underlies	Cuchillo Formation
Overlies	Benavides Formation
Thickness	128 - 1500 m.
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Other	Shale
Location
Region	South North America
Country	Mexico
Type section
Named for	Aurora Mine
Named by	R.H. Burrows

Last updated May 31, 2025

The Aurora Limestone is a geologic formation in Mexico. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.

Vertebrate paleofauna

Hadrosauridae indet.^[2]

Invertebrate paleofauna

Orbitolina texana
Dicyclina schlumbergeri ^[3]
Dictyoconus sp.^[3]
Oxytropidoceras sp.^[3]
Lunatia sp.^[3]
Colomiella recta ^[3]
Colomiella mexicana ^[3]
Enallaster cf. bravoensis ^[4]
Ostrea carinata ^[4]
Pithonella ovalis ^[5]
Stomiosphera sphaerica ^[5]
Calcispherula walnutensis ^[5]

References

↑ Burrows, R.H., 1910. Geology of Northern Mexico Geological Society of American Bulletin, 7(1), 85–103. https://doi.org/10.18268/BSGM1910v7n1a12
↑ Ramírez Velasco, A. A. (2021). THE MEXICAN HADROSAURS (ORNITHOPODA, HADROSAUROIDEA): A CRITIC REVISION. Revista Latinoamericana De Herpetología, 4(1), 105–147. https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2021.1.240
1 2 3 4 5 6 PEMEX, 1988a, Estratigrafía de la República Mexicana: Mesozoico, Subdirección de Producción Primaria, Coordinación Ejecutiva de Exploración, pp. 229.
1 2 Humphrey, W. E. and Diaz, G. T., 1956, Jurassic and lower Cretaceous stratigraphy and tectonics of northeast Mexico. Informe geológico NE-M-799.
1 2 3 Montañez-C. A., Ramírez-G. J.G., Escalante-M. J. C., Luévano A., López-L. M., 2000 Carta Geológico-Minera Concepción del Oro, G14-10, Escala 1:250,000, Estados de Coahuila y Nuevo León, Informe técnico.

External links

Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database" . Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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[1] Burrows, R.H., 1910. Geology of Northern Mexico Geological Society of American Bulletin, 7(1), 85–103. https://doi.org/10.18268/BSGM1910v7n1a12

[2] Ramírez Velasco, A. A. (2021). THE MEXICAN HADROSAURS (ORNITHOPODA, HADROSAUROIDEA): A CRITIC REVISION. Revista Latinoamericana De Herpetología, 4(1), 105–147. https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2021.1.240

[PEMEX-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 PEMEX, 1988a, Estratigrafía de la República Mexicana: Mesozoico, Subdirección de Producción Primaria, Coordinación Ejecutiva de Exploración, pp. 229.

[Humphrey-4] 1 2 Humphrey, W. E. and Diaz, G. T., 1956, Jurassic and lower Cretaceous stratigraphy and tectonics of northeast Mexico. Informe geológico NE-M-799.

[Montañez-5] 1 2 3 Montañez-C. A., Ramírez-G. J.G., Escalante-M. J. C., Luévano A., López-L. M., 2000 Carta Geológico-Minera Concepción del Oro, G14-10, Escala 1:250,000, Estados de Coahuila y Nuevo León, Informe técnico.

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Aurora Limestone

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Vertebrate paleofauna

Invertebrate paleofauna

References

See also

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Aurora Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Albian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Cretaceous
Type	Formation
Unit of	Chihuahuan Basin
Underlies	Cuchillo Formation
Overlies	Benavides Formation
Thickness	128 - 1500 m.
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Other	Shale
Location
Region	South North America
Country	Mexico
Type section
Named for	Aurora Mine
Named by	R.H. Burrows^[1]