• Source: Carbonera Formation, Mexico

The Carbonera Formation is a geologic formation in Mexico. It preserves fossils dating back to the Berriasian to Hauterivian stages of the Early Cretaceous period.




Fossil content


The following fossils were reported from the formation:

Ammonites
Maderia casitensis
Mexicanoceras laticostatum
M. multicostatum
?Hemihoplites mexicanus
cf. Phylloceras serum
Distoloceras sp.
Bivalves
Exogyra reedi
Plicatula pulchra
Gryphaea sp.
Gastropods
Vermetus cornejoi
Pleurotomaria sp.
Brachiopods
Ptilorhynchia (Proteorhynchia) durangensis
Corals
Paretallonia hispaniensis




See also


List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mexico




References






= Bibliography

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M. R. Sandy. 1990. Early Cretaceous brachiopods from Mexico and their paleobiogeographic significance. Journal of Paleontology 64(6):942-956
R. W. Imlay. 1940. Neocomian Faunas of Northern Mexico. Geological Society America Bulletin 51(1):117-190

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