Tinu Formation

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Tinu Formation
Stratigraphic range: Ordovician
Type Formation
Location
Country Mexico

The Tinu Formation is a geologic formation in Mexico. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period. The formation is the only fossiliferous lower Palaeozoic unit in northwest Mexico. [1]

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  1. ↑ Landing, Ed; Westrop, Stephen R.; Keppie, John D. (November 2007). "Terminal Cambrian and lowest Ordovician succession of Mexican West Gondwana: biotas and sequence stratigraphy of the Tiñu Formation" . Geological Magazine. 144 (6): 909–936. doi:10.1017/S0016756807003585. ISSN   1469-5081.


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