Cerro de los Dinosaurios, 2 Quarry (Cretaceous of Mexico)

Also known as Coah 1, Quarry 2, Cerro de la Virgen, Ejido Rincon Colorado

Where: Coahuila, Mexico (25.5° N, 101.4° W: paleocoordinates 31.6° N, 76.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cerro del Pueblo Formation (Difunta Group), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• no details given

Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; mudstone

• shallow, extensive brackish water bays, distributary channels

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Hernández-Rivera. 1997. Mexican dinosaurs. In P. J. Currie & K. Padian (ed.), Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs 433-437 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 79613: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 14.03.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Saurolophinae indet.
Saurolophinae indet. Brown 1914 hadrosaurid
Coah 1-2/1, IGM-MG