Aurora Limestone

Aurora Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Albian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Cretaceous
Type	Formation
Unit of	Chihuahuan Basin
Underlies	Cuchillo Formation
Overlies	Benavides Formation
Thickness	128 - 1500 m.
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Other	Shale
Location
Region	South North America
Country	Mexico
Type section
Named for	Aurora Mine
Named by	R.H. Burrows^[1]

The Aurora Limestone is a geologic formation in Mexico. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.

Vertebrate paleofauna

^ Burrows, R.H., 1910. Geology of Northern Mexico Geological Society of American Bulletin, 7(1), 85–103. https://doi.org/10.18268/BSGM1910v7n1a12
^ Ramírez Velasco, A. A. (2021). THE MEXICAN HADROSAURS (ORNITHOPODA, HADROSAUROIDEA): A CRITIC REVISION. Revista Latinoamericana De Herpetología, 4(1), 105–147. https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2021.1.240
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f PEMEX, 1988a, Estratigrafía de la República Mexicana: Mesozoico, Subdirección de Producción Primaria, Coordinación Ejecutiva de Exploración, pp. 229.
^ ^a ^b Humphrey, W. E. and Diaz, G. T., 1956, Jurassic and lower Cretaceous stratigraphy and tectonics of northeast Mexico. Informe geológico NE-M-799.
^ ^a ^b ^c Montañez-C. A., Ramírez-G. J.G., Escalante-M. J. C., Luévano A., López-L. M., 2000 Carta Geológico-Minera Concepción del Oro, G14-10, Escala 1:250,000, Estados de Coahuila y Nuevo León, Informe técnico.