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Lower Eocene Large Ostreids from the Viento Formation; Stratigraphic and Paleoecologic Implications for the La Popa Basin, Nuevo Le
n, Mexico
n, Mexico
Mar
a del Carmen Perrilliat, Francisco J. Vega
a del Carmen Perrilliat, Francisco J. VegaInstituto de Geolog
a, Universidad Nacional Aut
noma de M
xico, Mexico City
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors would like to express their gratitude to the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologa for the support provided to this research from the project CONACYT–NSF Oto
o 2000, 
paleobiogeografia y evolucin de crust
ceos y moluscos del Eoceno–Oligoceno de Mxico
.
ABSTRACT
Three species of lower Eocene ostreids are reported from the Viento Formation of the La Popa Basin, Nuevo Len, northeastern Mexico. Two of them are described as new: Ostrea (Turkostrea) ventosa new species, and Ostrea (Turkostrea) ovata new species. Ostrea sp. is also reported associated with the new forms. The large size of these species, in contrast with their small relatives from equivalent depositional environments in the underlying Adjuntas Formation, suggests that paleoclimate played an important role in their size development. These ostreids are the youngest fossils reported from the La Popa Basin, as the Viento Formation has remained undated prior to this contribution. The age suggested for the Viento Formation corresponds to the early Eocene, probably the upper part of the Ypresian.
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