La Bocana Roja Formation
| La Bocana Roja Formation Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous | |
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| Type | Geological formation |
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| Region | North America |
La Bocana Roja Formation is a geological formation in Baja California, Mexico whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
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[2] |
"Postcranial elements."[3] |
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L. anomala[4] |
"Very fragmentary skull and postcrania."[5] |
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hadrosauridae indeterminate
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 "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.
- 1 2 "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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