Where: Coahuila, Mexico (26.1° N, 101.1° W: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 76.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Muerto Formation (Difunta Group), Late/Upper Campanian to Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 66.0 Ma)
• "upper" part of formation
Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; bioturbated, fine-grained sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: trace
Collected in 2000
Primary reference: R. A. Rodriguez-de la Rosa. 2003. Pterosaur tracks from the latest Campanian Cerro del Pueblo Formation of southeastern Coahuila, Mexico. In E. Buffetaut, J.-M. Mazin (eds.), Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 217:275-282 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 92297: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 05.11.2009, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
cf. Brasilichnium sp. Leonardi 1981 synapsid | |
Reptilia | |
Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842 crocodilian | |
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881 theropod | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
Reptilia | |
Pteraichnus sp. Stokes 1957 pterosaur | |
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788 turtle |