Ocozocoautla microvertebrate site (Cretaceous of Mexico)

Also known as Jaltenango

Where: Chiapas, Mexico (16.8° N, 93.4° W: paleocoordinates 21.9° N, 75.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ocozocoautla Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: H. E. Rivera-Sylva, R. Rodríguez-de la Rosa, and J. A. Ortiz-Mendieta. 2006. A review of the dinosaurian record from Mexico. In editors: F. J. Vega, T. G. Nyborg, M. d. C. Perrilliat, M. Montellano-Ballestero (eds.), Studies on Mexican Paleontology; Topics in Geobiology 24:233-248 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 133007: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 31.08.2012

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
cf. Richardoestesia sp. Currie et al. 1990 maniraptoran
IHNFG-0537, maxillary tooth