Cerro del Pueblo Formation

Cerro del Pueblo Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous
Type 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]

Contents

Vertebrate paleofauna

Pterosaurs

Pterosaurs of the Cerro del Pueblo Formation
Taxa Presence Description Images

Ichnogenus:

  • 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

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  1. ^ 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.
  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.