Upper Cretaceous microfauna of the Cárdenas Formation, San Luis Potosí, NE Mexico. Biostratigraphical, palaeoecological, and palaeogeographical significance

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contents Upper Cretaceous microfauna of the Cárdenas Formation, San Luis Potosí, NE Mexico. Biostratigraphical, palaeoecological, and palaeogeographical significance Esmeralda Caus Yvette Tambareau Jean Paul Colin Marcelo Aguilar Josep Maria Bernaus Antonio Gomez Garrido Stéphane Brusset Ciencias de la Tierra ostracoda foraminifera biostratigraphy palaeogeography Upper Cretaceous The study of the microfauna of the lower member of the Cárdenas Formation occurring in theCárdenas Basin (San Luis Potosí, NE México) has been carried out at the type-locality of Lepidorbitoidesminima Dovillé. A re-examination of the larger foraminifera sampled in this locality, in additionto the study of the associated planktonic foraminifera and ostracodes, suggest a deposition in anopen marine environment with terrigenous input during the middle-upper Campanian (Globotruncanaventricosa Zone and/or calcarata Zones). These preliminary results might be useful to precisethe geological setting of the Cárdenas Formation. Moreover, the comparison of the studied microfaunawith other Upper Cretaceous Tethyan ones have led to establish its strong similarities withthe microfauna found in the Caribbean realm and the U.S. Gulf Coastal Plain but its tenuous Europeanaffinities. 2002 artículo científico 1026-8774 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57219205 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=572 Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas application/pdf Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas (México) Num.2 Vol.19
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spellingShingle Upper Cretaceous microfauna of the Cárdenas Formation, San Luis Potosí, NE Mexico. Biostratigraphical, palaeoecological, and palaeogeographical significance
Esmeralda Caus
Ciencias de la Tierra
ostracoda
foraminifera
biostratigraphy
palaeogeography
Upper Cretaceous
Upper Cretaceous microfauna of the Cárdenas Formation, San Luis Potosí, NE Mexico. Biostratigraphical, palaeoecological, and palaeogeographical significance Esmeralda Caus Yvette Tambareau Jean Paul Colin Marcelo Aguilar Josep Maria Bernaus Antonio Gomez Garrido Stéphane Brusset Ciencias de la Tierra ostracoda foraminifera biostratigraphy palaeogeography Upper Cretaceous The study of the microfauna of the lower member of the Cárdenas Formation occurring in theCárdenas Basin (San Luis Potosí, NE México) has been carried out at the type-locality of Lepidorbitoidesminima Dovillé. A re-examination of the larger foraminifera sampled in this locality, in additionto the study of the associated planktonic foraminifera and ostracodes, suggest a deposition in anopen marine environment with terrigenous input during the middle-upper Campanian (Globotruncanaventricosa Zone and/or calcarata Zones). These preliminary results might be useful to precisethe geological setting of the Cárdenas Formation. Moreover, the comparison of the studied microfaunawith other Upper Cretaceous Tethyan ones have led to establish its strong similarities withthe microfauna found in the Caribbean realm and the U.S. Gulf Coastal Plain but its tenuous Europeanaffinities. 2002 artículo científico 1026-8774 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57219205 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=572 Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas application/pdf Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas (México) Num.2 Vol.19
title Upper Cretaceous microfauna of the Cárdenas Formation, San Luis Potosí, NE Mexico. Biostratigraphical, palaeoecological, and palaeogeographical significance
topic Ciencias de la Tierra
ostracoda
foraminifera
biostratigraphy
palaeogeography
Upper Cretaceous
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