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Studies on Mexican Paleontology

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Editors:
  1. Francisco J. Vega

    1. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

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  2. Torrey G. Nyborg

    1. Department of Natural Sciences, Loma Linda University, USA

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  3. María Del Carmen Perrilliat

    1. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

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  4. Marisol Montellano-Ballesteros

    1. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

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  5. Sergio R. S. Cevallos-Ferriz

    1. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

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  6. Sara A. Quiroz-Barroso

    1. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

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  • A very important added value to this book is the rather extensive bibliography of almost 1000 references related to the central topic, an invaluable information which by itself constitutes a tribute to the memory of pioneer contributions by researchers that have worked in Mexico for the past two centuries
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Topics in Geobiology (TGBI, volume 24)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Geological setting and phytodiversity in Mexico

    • Sergio R. S. Cevallos-Ferriz, Enrique A. Gonzàlez-Torres
    Pages 1-18

  3. Tertiary Palynofloristic correlations between Mexican Formations with emphasis in dating the Balsas Group

    • Enrique Martínez-Hernández, Elia Ramírez-Arriaga
    Pages 19-45

  4. Mesozoic Corals of Mexico

    • Harry F. Filkorn
    Pages 47-59

  5. Rudists of Mexico: Historical Aspects and Selected Areas of Research

    • Pedro García-Barrera
    Pages 61-78

  6. Mesozoic and Tertiary Decapod Crustacea from Mexico

    • Francisco J. Vega, Torrey G. Nyborg, María Del Carmen Perrilliat
    Pages 79-100

  7. Cretaceous Echinoids of Mexico

    • Itzia Nieto-LóPez, Pedro GarcíA-Barrera
    Pages 101-113

  8. Fossil Ophiuroids of Mexico

    • Leonora Martín-Medrano, Pedro García-Barrera
    Pages 115-131

  9. Fossil record of Upper Paleozoic Marine Invertebrates from Mexico

    • Sara A. Quiroz-Barroso, Francisco Sour-Tovar
    Pages 133-167

  10. Mesozoic Osteichthyans of Mexico

    • Jssús Alvarado-Ortega, Katia A. González-Rodríguez, Alberto Blanco-Piñón, Luis Espinosa-Arrubarrena, Ernesto Ovalles-Damián
    Pages 169-207

  11. Research on Fossil amphibians and reptiles in Mexico, from 1869 to early 2004 (including marine forms but excluding pterosaurs, dinosaurs, and obviously, birds)

    • Víctor-Hugo Reynoso
    Pages 209-231

  12. A Review of the Dinosaurian Record from Mexico

    • Héctor E. Rivera-Sylva, Rubén Rodríguez-De La Rosa, Jorge A. Ortiz-Mendieta
    Pages 233-248

  13. Mexican Fossil Mammals, Who, Where and When?

    • Marisol Montellano-Ballesteros, Eduardo Jimenez-Hidalgo
    Pages 249-273

  14. Revision of Recent Investigations in the Tlayúa Quarry

    • Shelton P. Applegate, Luis Espinosa-Arrubarrena, Jesús Alvarado-Ortega, Mouloud Benammi
    Pages 275-304

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 305-308
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About this book

During the last few years, the number of contributions to the Paleontology of Mexico has increased considerably. Paleontological work in Mexico has been focused on providing important information for petroleum exploration and specific studies dealing with pollen, foraminifera, radiolaria, dinoflagellates, rudists, and ammonites. Often these reports were published only in local or regional journals and therefore not available to the scientific community at large. The purpose of this book is to offer an updated review of the fossil groups from Mexico, providing their significance to the stratigraphy, tectonics, sedimentology, evolution and paleontology of Mexico whose study has proved to be relevant in stratigraphy, tectonics, sedimentology, and evolution. The fossil record of Mexico ranges from Precambrian to Pleistocene. Almost every Mexican State has reported fossil localities with ongoing studies and potential for the discovery of new localities. Even those localities that have been studied since the eighteen-century, such as the early Cretaceous San Juan Raya, have recently reported new fossil groups. Unfortunately, much of the fossil reports from Mexico have been published in Spanish from local journals, which represent a language barrier to the international community. There is little doubt that the paleontological history of Mexico deserves to be known in other countries. By making this book available to the international scientific community we hope that interest in the fossil record of Mexico will grow.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

    Francisco J. Vega, María Del Carmen Perrilliat, Marisol Montellano-Ballesteros, Sergio R. S. Cevallos-Ferriz, Sara A. Quiroz-Barroso

  • Department of Natural Sciences, Loma Linda University, USA

    Torrey G. Nyborg

About the editors

Dr. Francisco J. Vega was Head of the Geology Department, Instituto de Geología, UNAM, and Secretary of the Paleontological Society (South Central Section). His contributions deal with biostratigraphy and systematics of Cretaceous and Tertiary Crustacea and Mollusca.

Torrey Nyborg received his MS degree from Kent State University. He works with decapod crustaceans and fossil mammal and bird tracks. Torrey is currently working towards his PhD from Loma Linda University.

Dr. María del Carmen Perrilliat is a prominent specialist on Cretaceous and Tertiary Mollusca. She is

currently the Elected President of the Mexican Paleontological Society (SOMEXPAL).

Dr. Marisol Montellano-Ballesteros got her PhD from The University of California at Berkeley, and has

been a key piece for the Mexican Vertebrate Paleontological Society. Her field of interest is Late

Mesozoic and Late Cenozoic mammals.

Dr. Sergio R. S. Cevallos-Ferriz received his MS and PhD from the University of Alberta, and was Head

of the Department of Paleontology, Instituto de Geología, UNAM. Dr. Cevallos-Ferriz is a well known

specialist on Mesozoic and Cenozoic paleobotany.

Dr. Sara A. Quiroz-Barroso got her MS and PhD from the UNAM and she has been Secretary of the

Mexican Paleontological Society. She works with Paleozoic Mollusca from Mexico.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Studies on Mexican Paleontology

  • Editors: Francisco J. Vega, Torrey G. Nyborg, María Del Carmen Perrilliat, Marisol Montellano-Ballesteros, Sergio R. S. Cevallos-Ferriz, Sara A. Quiroz-Barroso

  • Series Title: Topics in Geobiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3985-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-3882-2Published: 14 December 2005

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6988-7Published: 25 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-3985-0Published: 15 July 2006

  • Series ISSN: 0275-0120

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 308

  • Number of Illustrations: 94 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Paleontology, Biogeosciences

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