The Las Tetas de Cabra Formation is a geologic formation in Mexico. It preserves fossils dating back to the Wasatchian of the Early Eocene period.Las Tetas de Cabra Formation at Fossilworks.org
Fossil content The following fossils have been reported from the formation:
Mammals Acreodi Dissacus sp.Alroy, 2002 Wyolestes iglesius Artiodactyls Diacodexis cf. gracilis Cimolesta cf. Esthonyx sp.Morris, 1966 Didelphimorphia Esteslestes ensis Ferae cf. Oxyaena sp. Glires ?Paramyidae indet. Hyaenodonta Prolimnocyon sp. Pantodonta Caenolambda jepseniLucas, 1998 Perissodactyls Eohippus cf. angustidens Placentalia Ectocion ignotum Meniscotherium chamense Phenacodus vortmani cf. Hyopsodus sp. Theriiformes Ferae indet.Novacek et al. 1991
Reptiles cf. Saniwa sp. Boidae indet. Iguanidae indet.
Amphibians Caudata indet.
Fish cf. Galeorhinus sp.
Invertebrates Gastropods Gastropoda indet.
Flora Celtis sp.Novacek et al., 1987 Chenopodiaceae indet. Heliantheae indet. Ulmaceae indet.
Wasatchian correlations + Wasatchian correlations in North America Formation DeBeque Claron Indian Meadows Pass Peak Tatman Willwood Golden Valley Coldwater Allenby Kamloops Ootsa Lake Margaret Nanjemoy Hatchetigbee Tetas de Cabra Hannold Hill Coalmont Cuchara Galisteo San Jose Ypresian (IUCS) • Itaboraian (SALMA)Bumbanian (ALMA) • Mangaorapan (NZ) Basin Powder RiverUintaPiceanceColorado PlateauWind RiverGreen RiverBighorn Piceance Colorado Plateau Wind River Green River Bighorn Williston Okanagan Princeton Buck Creek Nechako Sverdrup Potomac GoM Laguna Salada Rio Grande North Park Raton Galisteo San Juan Copelemur Coryphodon Diacodexis Homogalax Oxyaena Paramys Primates Birds Reptiles Fish Insects Flora Environments Alluvial-fluvio-lacustrine Fluvial Fluvial Fluvio-lacustrine Fluvial Lacustrine Fluvio-lacustrine Deltaic-paludal Shallow marine Fluvial Shallow marine Fluvial Fluvial Volcanic Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No
See also List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mexico
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