Also known as Lázaro Cárdenas, Playa Azul, Leonardi locality 88, Boca Seca
Where: Michoacán, Mexico (18.0° N, 102.6° W: paleocoordinates 17.1° N, 66.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Chuta Formation, Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• recent detrital zircon date from just below dinosaur track beds
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; hematitic, volcaniclastic, red, argillaceous, calcareous tuff
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, trace
Collected by Ferrusiquía-Villafranca
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: I. Ferrusquía-Villafranca, S. P. Applegate, and L. Espinosa-Arrubarrena. 1978. Rocas volcanosedimentarias Mesozoicas y huellas de dinosaurios en la region suroccidental pacifica de México [Mesozoic volcanosedimentary rocks and dinosaur tracks in the southwest Pacific region of Mexico]. Revista – Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2(2):150-162 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 59366: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 29.03.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Coelurosauria indet. Huene 1914 coelurosaur IGCU-2538, 2539, 2541; morphotype A, large coelurosaur or medium-sized carnosaur
Coelurosauria indet. Huene 1914 coelurosaur IGCU-2532, 2537, 2540; morphotype C; closer to coelurosaurs in size
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