Also known as Eréndira
Where: Baja California, Mexico (31.3° N, 116.4° W: paleocoordinates 37.0° N, 92.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Rosario Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shoreface; fine-grained sandstone and lenticular, pebbly conglomerate
•strata occur above a matrix-supported conglomerate with cobble-size andesite and quartz-diorite clasts in coarse-grained sandstone (Figure 2). Immediately above the burial horizon are strata with lenses of coarse-grained sandstone that show evidence of swaley cross-stratification."
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),
Primary reference: M. E. Johnson, J. Ledesma-Vázquez, and B. G. Baarli. 2006. Vertebrate remains on ancient rocky shores: a review with report on hadrosaur bones from the Upper Cretaceous of Baja California (México). Journal of Coastal Research 22(3):574-580 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 126661: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 11.04.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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