The Carbonera Formation is a geologic formation in Mexico. It preserves fossils dating back to the Berriasian to Hauterivian stages of the Early Cretaceous period.
Fossil content The following fossils were reported from the formation: Ammonites Maderia casitensis Mexicanoceras laticostatum M. multicostatum ?Hemihoplites mexicanus cf. Phylloceras serum Distoloceras sp. Bivalves Exogyra reedi Plicatula pulchra Gryphaea sp. Gastropods Vermetus cornejoi Pleurotomaria sp. Brachiopods Ptilorhynchia (Proteorhynchia) durangensis Corals Paretallonia hispaniensis
See also List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mexico
References
Bibliography M. R. Sandy. 1990. Early Cretaceous brachiopods from Mexico and their paleobiogeographic significance. Journal of Paleontology 64(6):942-956 R. W. Imlay. 1940. Neocomian Faunas of Northern Mexico. Geological Society America Bulletin 51(1):117-190