The Balumtun Sandstone is a geologic formation in Chiapas, Mexico. The formation is up to 760 metres thick, and consists of gray sandstone, that were deposited during the Upper Aquitanian stage of the Early Miocene.[1]
| Balumtun Sandstone | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Aquitanian ~ | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Río Concepción Group |
| Underlies | Tulijá Formation |
| Overlies | Mazantic Shale |
| Thickness | 760 metres |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Conglomerate |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 17°06′N 92°42′W / 17.1°N 92.7°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 17°42′N 89°00′W / 17.7°N 89.0°W |
| Region | Chiapas |
| Country |  Mexico |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Balumtun |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Carbot-Chanona, Gerardo; Rivera-Velázquez, Gustavo; Jiménez-Hidalgo, Eduardo; Reynoso, Víctor Hugo (December 2020). "The first Pan-Carettochelys turtle in the Neogene of the American continent and its paleobiogeographical relevance". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 104: 102925. Bibcode:2020JSAES.10402925C. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2020.102925. S2CID 224976641.
- Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
Further reading
edit- M. d. C. Perrilliat, F. J. Vega, and M. A. Coutiño. 2010. Miocene mollusks from the Simojovel area in Chiapas, southwestern Mexico. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 30:111-119
- S. D. Webb, B. L. Beatty, and G. Poinar, Jr. 2003. New evidence of Miocene Protoceratidae including a new species from Chiapas, Mexico. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 279:348-367
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