Las Tetas de Cabra Formation
# Las Tetas de Cabra Formation

The Las Tetas de Cabra Formation is a geologic formation in Mexico. It preserves fossils dating back to the Wasatchian of the Early Eocene period.

## Fossil content

The following fossils have been reported from the formation:

### Mammals

**Acreodi**

* Dissacus sp.
* Wyolestes iglesius

**Artiodactyls**

* Diacodexis cf. gracilis

**Cimolesta**

* cf. Esthonyx sp.

**Didelphimorphia**

* Esteslestes ensis

**Ferae**

* cf. Oxyaena sp.

**Glires**

* ?Paramyidae indet.

**Hyaenodonta**

* Prolimnocyon sp.

**Pantodonta**

* Caenolambda jepseni

**Perissodactyls**

* Eohippus cf. angustidens

**Placentalia**

* Ectocion ignotum
* Meniscotherium chamense
* Phenacodus vortmani
* cf. Hyopsodus sp.

**Theriiformes**

* Ferae indet.

### Reptiles

* cf. Saniwa sp.
* Boidae indet.
* Iguanidae indet.

### Amphibians

* Caudata indet.

### Fish

* cf. Galeorhinus sp.

### Invertebrates

**Gastropods**

* Gastropoda indet.

### Flora

* Celtis sp.
* Chenopodiaceae indet.
* Heliantheae indet.
* Ulmaceae indet.

## Wasatchian correlations

Wasatchian correlations in North America :

| Formation | Wasatch | DeBeque | Claron | Indian Meadows | Pass Peak | Tatman | Willwood | Golden Valley | Coldwater | Allenby | Kamloops | Ootsa Lake | Margaret | Nanjemoy | Hatchetigbee | Tetas de Cabra | Hannold Hill | Coalmont | Cuchara | Galisteo | San Jose | Ypresian (IUCS) • Itaboraian (SALMA) Bumbanian (ALMA) • Mangaorapan (NZ) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Basin | Powder River Uinta Piceance Colorado Plateau Wind River Green River Bighorn | Piceance | Colorado Plateau | Wind River | Green River | Bighorn | Bighorn | Williston | Okanagan | Princeton | Buck Creek | Nechako | Sverdrup | Potomac | GoM | Laguna Salada | Rio Grande | North Park | Raton | Galisteo | San Juan | Las Tetas de Cabra Formation (North America) |
| Country | United States | United States | United States | United States | United States | United States | United States | United States | Canada | Canada | Canada | Canada | Canada | United States | United States | Mexico | United States | United States | United States | United States | United States | | Las Tetas de Cabra Formation (North America) |
| Copelemur | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Las Tetas de Cabra Formation (North America) |
| Coryphodon | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Las Tetas de Cabra Formation (North America) |
| Diacodexis | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Las Tetas de Cabra Formation (North America) |
| Homogalax | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Las Tetas de Cabra Formation (North America) |
| Oxyaena | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Las Tetas de Cabra Formation (North America) |
| Paramys | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Las Tetas de Cabra Formation (North America) |
| Primates | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Las Tetas de Cabra Formation (North America) |
| Birds | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Las Tetas de Cabra Formation (North America) |
| Reptiles | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Las Tetas de Cabra Formation (North America) |
| Fish | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Las Tetas de Cabra Formation (North America) |
| Insects | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Las Tetas de Cabra Formation (North America) |
| Flora | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Las Tetas de Cabra Formation (North America) |
| Environments | Alluvial-fluvio-lacustrine | Fluvial | | | | Fluvial | Fluvio-lacustrine | Fluvial | Lacustrine | Lacustrine | Fluvio-lacustrine | Fluvio-lacustrine | Deltaic-paludal | Shallow marine | Shallow marine | Fluvial | Shallow marine | Fluvial | | Fluvial | Fluvial | Wasatchian volcanoclastics Wasatchian fauna Wasatchian flora |
| Volcanic | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Wasatchian volcanoclastics Wasatchian fauna Wasatchian flora |
