La Bocana Roja Formation

La Bocana Roja Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous
Type Geological formation
Location
Region North America

The 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]

Contents

Vertebrate paleofauna

Vertebrates reported from the La Bocana Roja Formation
Genus Species Location Member Material Notes Images

Alexornis[2]

A. antecedens[2]

"Postcranial elements."[3]

Labocania[4]

L. anomala[4]

"Very fragmentary skull and postcrania."[5]

Lambeosaurus[6]

L. laticaudus[6]

See also

Footnotes

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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 "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
  3. ^ "Table 11.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 212.
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ "Table 5.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 114.
  6. ^ a b "Appendix: Summary of the Mesozoic Reptilian Fossils of California," in Hilton (2003) p. 260

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