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Ojinaga Formation

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Ojinaga Formation
Stratigraphic range: Turonian
Mesozoic
TypeGeological formation
Sub-unitsNogal Formation, Picacho Formation
UnderliesSan Carlos Formation
OverliesAurora Limestone, Buda Formation
Area USA
 Mexico
Thickness148 m. - 1395 m.[1]
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
OtherShale, Sandstone
Location
RegionSouth North America
Type section
Named forOjinaga Municipality
Named byR.H. Burrows[2]

The Ojinaga Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus.[3]

Vertebrate paleofauna

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Invertebrate paleofauna

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See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ Wolleben, J.A., 1965, Nomenclatura litoestratigráfica de las unidades del Cretácico Superior en el Oeste de Texas y el Noreste de Chihuahua: Boletín del Instituto de Geología, 38(2), 65-74.
  2. ^ Burrows, R.H., 1910. Geology of Northern Mexico Geological Society of American Bulletin, 7(1), 85–103. https://doi.org/10.18268/BSGM1910v7n1a12
  3. ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  4. ^ Abelaid Loera Flores (2013). "Occurrence of a tylosaurine mosasaur (Mosasauridae; Russellosaurina) from the Turonian of Chihuahua State, Mexico" (PDF). Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana. 65 (1): 99–107. doi:10.18268/BSGM2013v65n1a8.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i Castillo-Madrid, A., 1982, Reconocimiento geológico de una porción de los estados de Chihuahua y Coahuila: México, D.F., Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, tesis profesional, 160 p.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Cabrera, F., Narváez, G., Chávez, J.M., Alcántara, J., Gómez, F., 1984, Exploración carbonífera en la Cuenca de Ojinaga, Chihuahua: Informe inédito 45, 20 p.
  7. ^ a b c d e f Westgate, J., Brown, R., Pittman, J., Cope, D., Kalb, J., 2006, First occurrences of Deinosuchus in Mexico, en 66th Annual Meeting Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Ontario, Canada: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 26(3), p. 138.

References

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  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
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