| Buda Limestone | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Washita Group |
| Underlies | Eagle Ford Group, Woodbine Formation, Boquillas Formation |
| Overlies | Del Rio Formation and Grayson Formation |
| Thickness | 100 feet (30 m) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 30°05′06″N 97°51′03″W / 30.0849°N 97.8507°W |
| Region | North America |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Buda, Texas |
| Named by | T.W. Vaughan |
| Year defined | 1900 |
  Buda Limestone (the United States)  Buda Limestone (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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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]