La Bocana Roja Formation
| La Bocana Roja Formation | |
|---|---|
Ma | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Punta Baja Formation |
| Location | |
| Region | North America |
La Bocana Roja Formation is a geological
formation in Baja California, Mexico whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous, specifically around the Cenomanian to Turonian.[1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[2]
Vertebrate paleofauna
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Vertebrates reported from the La Bocana Roja Formation
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| Genus | Species | Location | Member | Material | Notes | Images |
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A. antecedens[3] |
"Postcranial elements."[4] |
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| Hadrosauridae | Indeterminate | "bone fragments; humerus"[5] | ||||
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L. anomala[6] |
"Very fragmentary skull and postcrania."[7] |
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| Lambeosaurinae | Indeterminate | "left ischium and fragment of left ilium, right jugal, dentary, radial fragment, scapula, ulna and fibula fragment, humerus, pedal ungual phalanx."[5] | Probably belongs to one taxon. | |||
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
Footnotes
- S2CID 59406495.
- ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- ^ a b "La Bocana Roja Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 588. Also see "Appendix: Summary of the Mesozoic Reptilian Fossils of California," in Hilton (2003) p. 264
- ^ "Table 11.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 212.
- ^ a b Ramírez-Velasco, A. A.; Hernández-Rivera, R. (2015). "Diversity of late cretaceous dinosaurs from Mexico" (PDF). Boletín Geológico y Minero. 126 (1): 63–108.
- ^ a b "La Bocana Roja Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 588. Also see "Appendix: Summary of the Mesozoic Reptilian Fossils of California," in Hilton (2003) p. 261
- ^ "Table 5.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 114.
References
- Hilton, Richard P. 2003. Dinosaurs and Other Mesozoic Reptiles of California. Berkeley: University of California Press. 318 pp.
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
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