Microfauna of the Lower Eocene of the Yucatan Peninsula

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Published: Jan 1, 1960
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22201/igl.05437652e.1960.0.7.95
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foraminifera, Yucatan, Lower Eocene

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Jacques Butterlin
Geology Institute, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Scientific Research Circuit S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, 04510, CDMX, Mexico.
Federico Bonet Marco
Geology Institute, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Scientific Research Circuit S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, 04510, CDMX, Mexico.

Abstract

This work encompasses the study of a foraminifera microfauna discovered for the first time, coming from the lower part of the Chichén-Itza formation, in the southwestern part of the Yucatán Peninsula. The stratigraphic distribution of the following species is described and discussed in detail: Coskinolia elongata Cole, Barelis floridanus Cole, Operculina catenula Cushman Jarvis and Discocyclina (Discocyclina) cristensis (Vaughan), assigning them a Lower Eocene age.

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Butterlin, J., & Bonet Marco, F. (1960). Microfauna of the Lower Eocene of the Yucatan Peninsula. Paleontología Mexicana, (7), 1–27. https://doi.org/10.22201/igl.05437652e.1960.0.7.95
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No. 7 (1960): Microfauna of the Lower Eocene of the Yucatan Peninsula
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Palaeozoology
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