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Pimienta Formation
Stratigraphic range: Tithonian–Berriasian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
TypeFormation
UnderliesLower Tamaulipas Formation
OverliesTaman Formation
ThicknessOver 50 metres
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone, Bentonite, Breccia
Location
CountryMexico

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

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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.{{cite journal}}: 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.

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