Ixcoy Formation
{{Short description|Geologic formation in Guatemala}}
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| type = Formation
| age = Aptian-Maastrichtian
| period = Turonian
| prilithology = Limestone
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| namedfor = San Juan Ixcoy
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| region = Huehuetenango Department
| country = {{GUA}}
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| extent = Guatemalan Highlands
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The Ixcoy Formation is a geologic formation in Guatemala. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Ixcoy&group_formation_member=Ixcoy Ixcoy Formation] at Fossilworks.org The upper part of the Ixcoy Formation is laterally equivalent with the Campur Formation of the Petén Basin in northern Guatemala.Machorro Sagastume, 2005, p.9
Fossil content
The following fossils have been uncovered from the formation:[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=66788 San Ramon] at Fossilworks.org[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=66785 San Ramon-Barillas] at Fossilworks.org[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=66784 Capzin] at Fossilworks.org[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=66783 San Mateo Ixtatan-Soloma] at Fossilworks.org
See also
References
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= Bibliography =
- {{citation |last=Machorro Sagastume |first=Rudy |year=2005 |title=Evaluación hidrogeológica de Alta Verapaz |url=http://glifos.concyt.gob.gt/digital/fodecyt/fodecyt%202002.01.pdf |publisher=Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala |pages=1–77 |accessdate=2019-02-05 |archive-date=2019-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015028/http://glifos.concyt.gob.gt/digital/fodecyt/fodecyt%202002.01.pdf |url-status=dead }}
- {{citation |last=Scott |first=R.W. |year=1995 |title=Cretaceous rudists of Guatemala |url=http://rmcg.unam.mx/12-2/(19)Scott.pdf |journal=Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas |volume=12 |pages=294–306 |accessdate=2019-02-05 |archive-date=2019-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207072359/http://rmcg.unam.mx/12-2/(19)Scott.pdf |url-status=dead }}