Aguja
274 occ.
49 taxa (14 genera)
2 countries
Description
The Aguja Formation is a geological formation in North America, exposed in Texas, United States and Chihuahua and Coahuila in Mexico, whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation. Fossil palms have also been unearthed here.
Genera
14 genera
Temporal range
252
201
145
66
0 Ma
Geological group / Member
Alto Shale
132
Abajo Shale
19
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
216
🇲🇽 Mexico
58
Depositional environments
Terrestrial indet.
131
Channel lag
44
Floodplain
23
Estuary / bay
14
Crevasse splay
12
Fine channel fill
10
Delta plain
9
Marine indet.
5
Lacustrine indet.
5
interdistributary bay
4
Top collectors
Montaño
17
W. Strain
14
WPA
14
W. Langston
13
P. C. Sereno
12
C. A. Forster
12
J. T. Sankey
12
B. Brown
8
E. M. Schlaikjer
7
T. Lehman
6
F. Palomino
5
K. Davies
5
Collection activity by decade
1900s
3
1930s
40
1940s
15
1960s
8
1970s
4
1980s
17
1990s
16
2000s
47