Las Tetas de Cabra Formation

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Las Tetas de Cabra Formation
Stratigraphic range: Wasatchian
~55.8–50  Ma
Type Formation
Lithology
Primary Sandstone
Other Siltstone
Location
Coordinates 28°42′N114°06′W / 28.7°N 114.1°W / 28.7; -114.1 Coordinates: 28°42′N114°06′W / 28.7°N 114.1°W / 28.7; -114.1
Approximate paleocoordinates 31°06′N97°00′W / 31.1°N 97.0°W / 31.1; -97.0
Region Baja California
CountryFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Type section
Named for Loma las Tetas de Cabra
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Las Tetas de Cabra Formation (Mexico)

The Las Tetas de Cabra Formation is a geologic formation in Mexico. It preserves fossils dating back to the Wasatchian of the Early Eocene period. [1]

Contents

Fossil content

The following fossils have been reported from the formation: [1]

Mammals

Acreodi
Artiodactyls
Cimolesta
Didelphimorphia
Ferae
Glires
Hyaenodonta
Pantodonta
Perissodactyls
Placentalia
Theriiformes

Reptiles

Amphibians

Fish

Invertebrates

Gastropods

Flora

Wasatchian correlations

Wasatchian correlations in North America
Formation Wasatch DeBeque Claron Indian Meadows Pass Peak Tatman Willwood Golden Valley Coldwater Allenby Kamloops Ootsa Lake Margaret Nanjemoy Hatchetigbee Tetas de Cabra Hannold Hill Coalmont Cuchara Galisteo San Jose Ypresian (IUCS) • Itaboraian (SALMA)
Bumbanian (ALMA) • Mangaorapan (NZ)
Basin Powder River
Uinta
Piceance
Colorado Plateau
Wind River
Green River
Bighorn
Piceance




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Bighorn
Williston Okanagan Princeton Buck Creek Nechako Sverdrup Potomac GoM Laguna Salada Rio Grande North Park Raton Galisteo San Juan
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Las Tetas de Cabra Formation (North America)
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Coryphodon Orange pog.svg Orange pog.svg Orange pog.svg Orange pog.svg Orange pog.svg Orange pog.svg Orange pog.svg Orange pog.svg Orange pog.svg Orange pog.svg
Diacodexis Orange pog.svg Orange pog.svg Orange pog.svg Orange pog.svg Orange pog.svg Orange pog.svg Orange pog.svg
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Environments Alluvial-fluvio-lacustrineFluvialFluvialFluvio-lacustrineFluvialLacustrineFluvio-lacustrineDeltaic-paludalShallow marineFluvialShallow marineFluvialFluvial
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References

  1. 1 2 Las Tetas de Cabra Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. Alroy, 2002
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Novacek et al. 1991
  4. 1 2 Morris, 1966
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Novacek et al., 1987
  6. 1 2 Lucas, 1998

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