- Cerro del Pueblo Formation
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Cerro del Pueblo Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late CretaceousType Geological formation Location Region North America Country Mexico The Cerro del Pueblo Formation is a geological formation in Coahuila, Mexico whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
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Vertebrate paleofauna
- Gryposaurus sp. (may be indet hadrosaurine remains)
- ? Chasmosaurus sp
- Monoclonius sp (ceratopsid indet)
Pterosaurs
Pterosaurs of the Cerro del Pueblo Formation Taxa Presence Description Images Ichnogenus:
- Pteraichnus[2]
- Found at Saltillo, Coahuila Province.[2]
- Specimens kept at the Dinosaur Tracks Museum, of the University of Colorado at Denver and the Secretaría de Educación Pública de Coahuila, Mexico.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, North America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 574-588. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- ^ a b c Lockley, M.; Harris, J.D.; and Mitchell, L. 2008. "A global overview of pterosaur ichnology: tracksite distribution in space and time." Zitteliana. B28. p. 187-198. ISSN 1612 - 4138.
Categories:- Cretaceous paleontological sites of North America
- Paleontological site stubs
- Coahuila geography stubs
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