ammonites
Sierra Piņosa [Buda Limestone] (Cretaceous of Mexico)

Where: Chihuahua, Mexico (30.7° N, 105.6° W: paleocoordinates 31.1° N, 70.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Buda Limestone Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Buda Limestone, which overlies the Del Rio Fm (Cenomanian), and is correlative with the Grasyon Fm. AGE: Early Cenomanian, on the basis of ammonite biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 39 m below the top of the formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

• ENVIRONMENT: Not discussed in text.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Nichols

• COLLECTOR: J. C. Nichols. REPOSITORY: UT and WSA.

Primary reference: K. Young. 1979. Lower Cenomanian and Late Albian (Cretaceous) ammonites, especially Lyelliceridae, or Texas and Mexico. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 26:1-99 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88762: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 19.04.2009

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