Pimienta Formation

The Pimienta Formation is a geologic formation in Mexico. It preserves fossils dating back to the Tithonian-Berriasian.[1][2] The formation is considered laterally equivalent to the La Casita Formation. The Metriorhynchid Cricosaurus vignaudi is known from the formation.[3]

Pimienta Formation Stratigraphic range: Tithonian–Berriasian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Formation
Underlies	Lower Tamaulipas Formation
Overlies	Taman Formation
Thickness	Over 50 metres
Lithology
Primary	Limestone, Bentonite, Breccia
Location
Country	Mexico

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mexico

References

1. Zell, P., Stinnesbeck, W. (2016). "Salinites grossicostatum Imlay, 1939 and S. finicostatum sp. nov. from the latest Tithonian (Late Jurassic) of northeastern Mexico". Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana. 68 (2): 305–311. doi:10.18268/BSGM2016v68n2a8.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. López Martínez, Rafael; Barragán, Ricardo; Reháková, Daniela; Martini, Michelangelo; Eguiluz de Antuñano, Samuel (2015). "Calpionellid biostratigraphy, U-Pb geochronology and microfacies of the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous Pimienta Formation (Tamazunchale, San Luis Potosí, central-eastern Mexico)". Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana. 67 (1): 75–86. doi:10.18268/bsgm2015v67n1a6. ISSN 1405-3322.
3. Frey, Eberhard; Buchy, Marie-Céline; Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang; López-Oliva, José Guadalupe (2002-10-01). "Geosaurus vignaudi n.sp. (Crocodyliformes: Thalattosuchia), first evidence of metriorhynchid crocodilians in the Late Jurassic (Tithonian) of central-east Mexico (State of Puebla)". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 39 (10): 1467–1483. doi:10.1139/e02-060. ISSN 0008-4077.

External links

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.