Coordinates: 28°42′N 114°06′W / 28.7°N 114.1°W / 28.7; -114.1

Las Tetas de Cabra Formation

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Las Tetas de Cabra Formation
Stratigraphic range: Wasatchian
~55.8–50 Ma
TypeFormation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
OtherSiltstone
Location
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RegionBaja California
CountryMexico
Type section
Named forLoma las Tetas de Cabra
Las Tetas de Cabra Formation is located in Mexico
Las Tetas de Cabra Formation
Las Tetas de Cabra Formation (Mexico)

The Las Tetas de Cabra Formation is a geologic formation in Mexico. It preserves fossils dating back to the Wasatchian of the Early Eocene period.[1]

Fossil content

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The following fossils have been reported from the formation:[1]

Mammals

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Acreodi
Artiodactyls
Cimolesta
Didelphimorphia
Ferae
Glires
Hyaenodonta
Pantodonta
Perissodactyls
Placentalia
Theriiformes

Reptiles

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Amphibians

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Fish

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Invertebrates

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Gastropods

Flora

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Wasatchian correlations

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Wasatchian correlations in North America
Formation Wasatch DeBeque Claron Indian Meadows Pass Peak Tatman Willwood Golden Valley Coldwater Allenby Kamloops Ootsa Lake Margaret Nanjemoy Hatchetigbee Tetas de Cabra Hannold Hill Coalmont Cuchara Galisteo San Jose Ypresian (IUCS) • Itaboraian (SALMA)
Bumbanian (ALMA) • Mangaorapan (NZ)
Basin Powder River
Uinta
Piceance
Colorado Plateau
Wind River
Green River
Bighorn		 Piceance
Colorado Plateau


Wind River



Green River





Bighorn		 Williston Okanagan Princeton Buck Creek Nechako Sverdrup Potomac GoM Laguna Salada Rio Grande North Park Raton Galisteo San Juan
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Environments Alluvial-fluvio-lacustrine Fluvial Fluvial Fluvio-lacustrine Fluvial Lacustrine Fluvio-lacustrine Deltaic-paludal Shallow marine Fluvial Shallow marine Fluvial Fluvial
File:Pink ff0080 pog.svg Wasatchian volcanoclastics


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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Las Tetas de Cabra Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Alroy, 2002
  3. ^ a b c d e Novacek et al. 1991
  4. ^ a b Morris, 1966
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Novacek et al., 1987
  6. ^ a b Lucas, 1998

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