Balumtun Sandstone Explained

Balumtun Sandstone
Type:Formation
Age:Aquitanian
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Period:Aquitanian
Prilithology:Sandstone
Otherlithology:Conglomerate
Namedfor:Balumtun
Region:Chiapas
Coordinates:17.1°N -92.7°W
Paleocoordinates:17.7°N -89°W
Unitof:Río Concepción Group
Underlies:Tulijá Formation
Overlies:Mazantic Shale
Thickness:760 metres

The Balumtun Sandstone is a geologic formation in Chiapas, Mexico. The formation is up to 760 metres thick, and consists of gray sandstone, that were deposited during the Upper Aquitanian stage of the Early Miocene.[1]

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  1. Carbot-Chanona. Gerardo. Rivera-Velázquez. Gustavo. Jiménez-Hidalgo. Eduardo. Reynoso. Víctor Hugo. December 2020. The first Pan-Carettochelys turtle in the Neogene of the American continent and its paleobiogeographical relevance. Journal of South American Earth Sciences. en. 104. 102925. 10.1016/j.jsames.2020.102925. 2020JSAES.10402925C . 224976641 .