Sabinal Formation


The Sabinal Formation is a Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous-aged geological formation in Oaxaca, Mexico. It preserves a highly diverse marine fauna.
It was initially thought to only encompass the Late Jurassic, but more recent studies have redefined it to cover the earliest Cretaceous as well. It is part of the Tlaxiaco Basin, a prominent structural basin in southern Mexico that accumulated both continental and marine sediments between the Early Jurassic and the Paleogene. The most prolific site of the formation is the Kimmeridgian-aged Llano Yosobe site near Tlaxiaco.

Vertebrate paleobiota

Cartilaginous fish

Ray-finned fish

Reptiles

Crocodylomorphs

Turtles

Plesiosaurs

Ichthyosauria