Cooper Canyon Formation

Cooper Canyon Formation Stratigraphic range: Upper Triassic
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Dockum Group
Underlies	Redonda Formation
Overlies	Trujillo Formation, possibly Camp Springs Formation and Colorado City Formation
Location
Country	United States

The Cooper Canyon Formation is a geological formation in Texas.^[1]

Vertebrate fauna

Archosaurs of the Cooper Canyon Formation
Taxa	Presence	Notes	Images
Chindesaurus
Desmatosuchus smalli		Partial skeletons
Postosuchus		Two skeletons
Protoavis		Two partial skeletons
Scutarx		Numerous skeletons
Technosaurus^[1]		Dentary and premaxilla.
Typothorax coccinarum		Numerous skeletons

See also

List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References

1 2 Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Triassic, North America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 518–521. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.

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