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Revista mexicana de ciencias geológicas
On-line version ISSN 2007-2902Print version ISSN 1026-8774
Abstract
OLORIZ, Federico; VILLASENOR, Ana B. and LOPEZ-PALOMINO, Isabel. Middle Oxfordian ammonite biostratigraphy of the Lower Santiago Formation at Taman, San Luis Potosi, Mexico - with notes on Mexico-Caribbean ochetoceratins. Rev. mex. cienc. geol [online]. 2008, vol.25, n.2, pp.261-283. ISSN 2007-2902.
Bed-by-bed sampling of ammonites from clayey to calcareous siltstones of the basal part of the Santiago Formation at the type section in Tamán, San Luis Potosi (Mexico) is first reported. Ammonites belonging to assemblages described by Burckhardt (1912), usually interpreted as Middle to Upper Oxfordian, are restricted to the lowerMiddle Oxfordian Plicatilis Zone, Antecedens Subzone. Perisphinctes (Dichotomosphinctes) durangensis (Burckhardt, 1912) is revised and its biostratigraphic interpretation constrained by its co-occurrence with Gregoryceras. Evidence for the occurrence of Perisphinctes (Perisphinctes), Perisphinctes (Otosphinctes), and Passendorferia or Sequeirosia is first reported from Mexico -within a precise biostratigraphic context. Burckhardt's Oxfordian ochetoceratins are re-examined and their affinity with Cuban counterparts is approached. From a paleobiogeographical point of view, metapopulation dynamics and potentially involved events (e.g., temporary, ancillary, selective vicariancy and subsequent ecological capture) well apply for understanding the biogeographical significance of the ammonite assemblies described.
Keywords : ammonites; Oxfordian; Santiago Formation; Taman; Mexico.