Atotonilco El Grande Formation

The Atotonilco El Grande Formation is a geologic formation in Mexico. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period.

Atotonilco El Grande Formation
Stratigraphic range: Pliocene
TypeGeological formation
Location
Country Mexico

Fossil content

Mammals
Mammals reported from the Atotonilco El Grande Formation
GenusSpeciesPresence MaterialNotesImages
Capreolus C. constantini Santa María Amajac.[1] A deer.

Fish
Fish reported from the Atotonilco El Grande Formation
GenusSpeciesPresence MaterialNotesImages
Paleocharacodon P. guzmanae Sanctórum-JAO site.[2] Several specimens.[2] A splitfin.

Plants
Plants reported from the Atotonilco El Grande Formation
GenusSpeciesPresence MaterialNotesImages
Equisetum [3] Closely related to Equisetum myriochaetum.

See also

References
  1. Jiménez-Hidalgo, Eduardo; Bravo-Cuevas, Victor (2014). "A roe deer (Mammalia, Cervidae) in the Pliocene of Hidalgo, central Mexico". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. doi:10.4202/app.00044.2013. ISSN 0567-7920.
  2. Caballero-Viñas, Carmen; Alvarado-Ortega, Jesús; Severiano, Kleyton Magno Cantalice (2023-08-08). "A Pliocene goodeid fish of the Paleolake Amajac, Sanctórum, Hidalgo, Mexico". Palaeontologia Electronica. 26 (2): 1–39. doi:10.26879/1259. ISSN 1094-8074.
  3. Silva-Pineda, A.; Velasco-de Leon, M. P.; Aguilar, F. J.; Chacon, E. (2009-03-01). "An Upper Pliocene Equisetum (Equisetales) from the Atotonilco El Grande Formation in Central Mexico". Paleontological Journal. 43 (2): 216–225. doi:10.1134/S0031030109020142. ISSN 1555-6174.


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