The Cambrian in Southeast region, Mexico

Paleontology and geology

Cambrian rocks in the Southeastern Region of Mexico were deposited on the continental shelf, slope, and ocean basin off the north coast of Gondwana. They include limestones, sandstones, and shales, as well as igneous rocks that formed on the ocean floor when small land masses broke away from that continent. Some of these deposits contain fossils of trilobites that lived in the seas. Subsequent collisions have altered, folded, faulted, and pushed these rocks up. Over time, many Cambrian rocks were eroded or buried and the few remaining exposures are too small to appear on this map. Some may be shown on the map of undifferentiated Paleozoic rocks or on other more detailed maps.