Atotonilco El Grande Formation

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

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

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Mammals reported from the Atotonilco El Grande Formation
Genus	Species	Presence	Material	Notes	Images
Capreolus	C. constantini	Santa María Amajac.^[1]		A deer.

Fish reported from the Atotonilco El Grande Formation
Genus	Species	Presence	Material	Notes	Images
Paleocharacodon	P. guzmanae	Sanctórum-JAO site.^[2]	Several specimens.^[2]	A splitfin.

Plants reported from the Atotonilco El Grande Formation
Genus	Species	Presence	Material	Notes	Images
Equisetum		^[3]		Closely related to Equisetum myriochaetum.

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ 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.

Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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