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Tecomazuchil Formation

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Tecomazuchil Formation
Stratigraphic range: Jurassic
TypeGeological Formation
UnderliesChimeco Limestone
OverliesAcatlán Complex
Lithology
PrimarySilty Sandstone[1]
Location
RegionPuebla Province
Country Mexico
Type section
Named by
  • Rafael Pérez-Ibarguengoitia
  • Antonio Hokuto-Castillo
  • Alencaster de Cserna

The Tecomazuchil Formation is a geologic formation in Mexico. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period. It's made up of "a basal conglomerate 135 m thick and predominantly composed of quartz and metamorphic rock fragments, overlain by about 600 m of interbedded tan to red conglomerates, sandstones, and siltstones. The Tecomazuchil Formation overlies unconformably the Acatlán Complex and has been assigned a Middle Jurassic age, though it could represent at least part of the Oxfordian."[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "3 Ayuquililla (Jurassic of Mexico)". FossilWorks. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  2. ^ Westermann, Gerd E. G. (1992). The Jurassic of the Circum-Pacific. Cambridge University Press. p. 100. ISBN 0521019923. Retrieved 5 April 2017.