Buda Limestone

Buda Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous
Cenomanian
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofWashita Group
UnderliesEagle Ford Group, Woodbine Formation, Boquillas Formation
OverliesDel Rio Formation and Grayson Formation
Thickness100 feet (30 m)
Lithology
PrimaryLimestone
Location
Coordinates30°05′06″N 97°51′03″W / 30.0849°N 97.8507°W / 30.0849; -97.8507
RegionNorth America
CountryUnited States
Type section
Named forBuda, Texas
Named byT.W. Vaughan
Year defined1900
Buda Limestone is located in the United States
Buda Limestone
Buda Limestone (the United States)
Buda Limestone is located in Texas
Buda Limestone
Buda Limestone (Texas)
Buda Limestone stratigraphic column in Texas

The Buda Limestone is a geological formation in the High Plains and Trans-Pecos regions of West Texas[1] and in southern New Mexico,[2] whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Pterosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[3]

  1. ^ Vaughan, T.W. (1900). "Reconnaissance in the Rio Grande coal fields of Texas, including a report on igneous rocks from the San Carlos coal field by C.E. Lord" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin. 164. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  2. ^ Lovejoy, E.M.P. (1976). "Geology of Cerro de Cristo Rey uplift, Chihuahua and New Mexico" (PDF). New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Memoir. 31. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  3. ^ Barrett, P.M., Butler, R.J., Edwards, N.P., & Milner, A.R. Pterosaur distribution in time and space: an atlas. p61-107. in Flugsaurier: Pterosaur papers in honour of Peter Wellnhofer. 2008. Hone, D.W.E., and Buffetaut, E. (eds). Zitteliana B, 28. 264pp.[1]