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Revista mexicana de ciencias geológicas

On-line version ISSN 2007-2902Print version ISSN 1026-8774

Abstract

BLANCO-PINON, Alberto; GARIBAY-ROMERO, Luis M.  and  ALVARADO-ORTEGA, Jesús. The oldest stratigraphic record of the Late Cretaceous shark Ptychodus mortoni Agassiz, from Vallecillo, Nuevo León, northeastern Mexico. Rev. mex. cienc. geol [online]. 2007, vol.24, n.1, pp.25-30. ISSN 2007-2902.

In this paper we report the oldest geologic world record of Ptychodus mortoni, from the Vallecillo Member (Agua Nueva Formation), at Vallecillo, Nuevo León, northeastern Mexico. The presence of the ammonite Watinoceras coloradoense, allows the placement of the sediments of the Vallecillo member within the lower Turonian (Watinoceras coloradoense zone). With reference to this new data, the presence of Ptychodus mortoni in the Vallecillo member extend the temporal distribution of this species into the earliest Turonian. Also, this study suggests that the utility of this shark species as biostratigraphic control in late Cretaceous sediments should be revised in greater detail.

Keywords : Ptychodus mortoni; shark; lower Turonian; Late Cretaceous; Vallecillo; Mexico.

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