Ixtaltepec Formation

Ixtaltepec Formation
Ixtaltepec Formation
Stratigraphic range: Pennsylvanian
Type	Formation
Location
Region	Oaxaca
Country	Mexico

Last updated June 29, 2025

The Ixtaltepec Formation is a geologic formation in Oaxaca state, southwestern Mexico.

It preserves fossils dating back to the Pennsylvanian epoch of the Carboniferous period.^[1]

References

↑ Torres-Martínez, M.A.; Sour-Tovar, F. (2016). "Braquiópodos discínidos (Lingulida, Discinoidea) de la Formación Ixtaltepec, Carbonífero del área de Santiago Ixtaltepec, Oaxaca". Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana. 68 (2): 313–321. doi: 10.18268/BSGM2016v68n2a9 .

Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
Hernández-Ocaña, María Isabel; Quiroz-Barroso, Sara A. (2018). "Implicaciones ambientales de las trazas fósiles de la Formación Ixtaltepec, Carbonífero de Oaxaca, México". Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana. 70 (2): 325–350. doi: 10.18268/BSGM2018v70n2a4 .

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[1] Torres-Martínez, M.A.; Sour-Tovar, F. (2016). "Braquiópodos discínidos (Lingulida, Discinoidea) de la Formación Ixtaltepec, Carbonífero del área de Santiago Ixtaltepec, Oaxaca". Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana. 68 (2): 313–321. doi: 10.18268/BSGM2016v68n2a9 .

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Ixtaltepec Formation

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