Also known as Arenisca Aguililla
Where: Michoacan, Mexico (19.0° N, 102.7° W: paleocoordinates 24.2° N, 76.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Arenisca Aguililla Formation, Late/Upper Cretaceous (100.5 - 66.0 Ma)
• = Arenisca Aguililla unit
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; hematitic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: trace
Collected by J. García Orozco, J. Ortiz Mendieta
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: I. Ferrusquía, J. Ortíz-Mendieta, and J. García-Orozco. 2002. Late Cretaceous dinosaur tracks from southwestern Mexico: its paleontologic significance. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3 (suppl.)):52A-53A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 143831: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 26.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Dromaeosauridae indet. Colbert and Russell 1969 maniraptoran | |
Ornithomimidae indet. Marsh 1890 ornithomimid | |
Tyrannosauridae indet. Osborn 1906 tyrannosaurid | |
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