| Period | Cretaceous |
|---|---|
| Age | Early Cretaceous |
| Prilithology | Limestone |
| Otherlithology | Shale |
| Namedfor | Aurora Mine |
| Namedby | R.H. Burrows[1] |
| Region | South North America |
| Country | Mexico |
| Unitof | Chihuahuan Basin |
| Underlies | Cuchillo Formation |
| Overlies | Benavides Formation |
| Thickness | 128 - 1500 m. |
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
- ^ PEMEX, 1988a, Estratigrafía de la República Mexicana: Mesozoico, Subdirección de Producción Primaria, Coordinación Ejecutiva de Exploración, pp. 229.
- ^ Humphrey, W. E. and Diaz, G. T., 1956, Jurassic and lower Cretaceous stratigraphy and tectonics of northeast Mexico. Informe geológico NE-M-799.
- ^ 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.
See also
External links
- ((Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database)). "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.