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AAPG Memoir 75, Chapter 1: Mexico as the Western Margin of Pangea Based on Biogeographic Evidence from the Permian to the Lower Jurassic, by Abelardo Cant250_u.jpg (467 bytes)-Chapa, Pages 1 - 27
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AAPG Memoir 75: The Western Gulf of Mexico Basin: Tectonics, Sedimentary Basins, and Petroleum Systems, Edited by Claudio Bartolini, Richard T. Buffler, and Abelardo Cant250_u.jpg (467 bytes)-Chapa
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Mexico as the Western Margin of Pangea Based on Biogeographic Evidence from the Permian to the Lower Jurassic

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Instituto Polit233_e.jpg (471 bytes)cnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico

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In this paper, ammonite biostratigraphy and biogeography are used as the basis for an investigation of the origin of the Gulf of Mexico. Three key observations indicate a Pacific rather than an Atlantic origin for the Gulf of Mexico:

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