Escondido Formation
| Escondido Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous, | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Navarro Group[1] |
| Location | |
| Region | Texas & Coahuila |
| Country | Mexico & United States |
The Escondido Formation is a geologic formation in Texas and Coahuila, Mexico. It preserves fossils dating back to the Late Cretaceous period.[2][3][4] These fossils include ammonites,[5] dyrosaurs like Sabinosuchus,[6][7] crustaceans and corals.[8]
See also
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References
[edit]- ↑ "National Geologic Map Database entry: Escondido". ngmdb.usgs.gov. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
- ↑ Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ↑ Cannon, Robert Lee (August 1922). "The fauna of the Escondido formation".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ Snedden, John W. (1991). "Origin and Sequence Stratigraphic Significance of Large Dwelling Traces in the Escondido Formation (Cretaceous, Texas, USA)". PALAIOS. 6 (6): 541–552. Bibcode:1991Palai...6..541S. doi:10.2307/3514917. ISSN 0883-1351. JSTOR 3514917.
- ↑ Kennedy, W. J.; Cobban, W. A. (January 1993). "Maastrichtian ammonites from the Corsicana Formation in northeast Texas". Geological Magazine. 130 (1): 57–67. Bibcode:1993GeoM..130...57K. doi:10.1017/S0016756800023724. ISSN 1469-5081.
- ↑ Shiller, Thomas A. (December 2012). "A dyrosaurid crocodilian from the cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Escondido formation of Coahuila, Mexico".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ Shiller II, Thomas A.; Porras-Muzquiz, Hector G.; Lehman, Thomas M. (2016-11-01). "Sabinosuchus coahuilensis, a new dyrosaurid crocodyliform from the Escondido Formation (Maastrichtian) of Coahuila, Mexico". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 36 (6) e1222586. Bibcode:2016JVPal..36E2586S. doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1222586. ISSN 0272-4634.
- ↑ Stephenson, Lloyd William (1941). "The larger invertebrate fossils of the Navarro Group of Texas: (exclusive of corals and crustaceans and exclusive of the fauna of the Escondido formation)".
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