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Ferrotepec Formation

geologic formation in Mexico

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 29, 2025
Entity authorityQ17510462 ↗
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The Ferrotepec Formation is a geologic formation in Mexico. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period.

See also

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mexico

References

Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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The public source identifies “Ferrotepec Formation” as geologic formation in Mexico. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Ferrotepec, Formation and geologic.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ferrotepec Formation” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.