El Doctor Formation

El Doctor Formation
Stratigraphic range: Albian-Cenomanian
~112–95 Ma
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TypeFormation
Sub-unitsLa Negra Member
Lithology
PrimaryLime mudstone
Location
Coordinates
El Doctor Formation is located in Mexico
El Doctor Formation
El Doctor Formation (Mexico)
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El Doctor Formation is located in Hidalgo
El Doctor Formation
El Doctor Formation (Hidalgo)
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The El Doctor Formation is a geologic formation in Mexico. It preserves fossils dating back to the Albian and Cenomanian stages of the Cretaceous period.[1] Ammonite fossils show that age of Late Albian is more likely.[2]

Description

The light grey micritic limestone sequence with intercalated black chert lenses was deposited in an open marine basin with a hypersaline and/or poorly oxygenated bottom.[1]

Fossil content

The formation has provided the following fossils:[1][3][4][5][2]

Fish
Arthropods

Ammonites

Echinoderms

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c El Doctor Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ a b López-Palomino, Isabel; González-Rodríguez, Katia Adriana; Schultze, Hans-Peter; Palma-Ramírez, Arturo; Contreras-Cruz, Diana (2021-11-01). "Ammonites from the La Negra Facies (El Doctor Formation, late Albian) of the Muhi Quarry, Hidalgo, central Mexico". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 111: 103400. Bibcode:2021JSAES.11103400L. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103400. ISSN 0895-9811.
  3. ^ Feldmann et al., 2007
  4. ^ Arratia, Gloria; González-Rodrígue, Katia (17 July 2024). "A New Intriguing Teleost from the Albian Muhi Quarry, Central Mexico, and Early Euteleostean Diversification". Diversity. 16 (7): 414. doi:10.3390/d16070414.
  5. ^ Rodríguez, Katia González; Fielitz, Christopher (2016). "CRETACEOUS OSTEICHTHYAN FISH ASSEMBLAGES FROM MEXICO". Cretaceous Period: Biotic Diversity and Biogeography. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin. 71.
  6. ^ González-Rodríguez, K.A.; Espinosa-Arrubarrena, K.; González-Barba, G. (2013). "An overview of the Mexican fossil fish record" (PDF). In Arratia, G.; Schultze, H.-P.; Wilson, M.V.H. (eds.). Mesozoic Fishes 5 – Global Diversity and Evolution. München: Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. pp. 9–34. ISBN 978-3-89937-159-8.
  7. ^ Fielitz & González Rodríguez, 2010
  8. ^ Schultze, Hans-Peter; González-Rodríguez, Katia Adriana (2016-04-15). "Actinistian gular plates from the Cretaceous of Mexico and the problems assigning gular plates taxonomically". Fossil Record. 19 (2): 101–117. Bibcode:2016FossR..19..101S. doi:10.5194/fr-19-101-2016. ISSN 2193-0074.
  9. ^ a b Hegna et al., 2014

Bibliography

  • Hegna, T. A.; Vega, F. J.; González Rodríguez, K. A. (2014), "First Mesozoic thylacocephalans (Arthropoda, Crustacea; Cretaceous) in the western hemisphere: new discoveries from the Muhi Quarry Lagerstätte", Journal of Paleontology, 88 (3): 606–616, Bibcode:2014JPal...88..606H, doi:10.1666/13-131
  • Fielitz, C.; González Rodríguez, K. A. (2010), "A New Species of Enchodus (Aulopiformes: Enchodontidae) from the Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian) of Zimapán, Hidalgo, México", Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30 (5): 1343–1351, Bibcode:2010JVPal..30.1343F, doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.501438
  • Feldmann, R. M.; Vega, F. J.; Martínez López, L.; González Rodrigues, K. A.; González León, O.; Rosario Fernández-Barajas, M. (2007), "Crustacea from the Muhi Quarry (Albian-Cenomanian), and a review of Aptian Mecochiridae (Astacidea) From Mexico", Annals of Carnegie Museum, 76 (3): 145–156, doi:10.2992/0097-4463(2007)76[145:CFTMQA]2.0.CO;2