Cerro de los Dinosaurios, 1 Quarry (Dinosaur Hill): Late/Upper Campanian, Mexico
collected 1975-1993
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Carnosauria indet.
Huene 1920
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= Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Hernández-Rivera 1997 | |||||||||
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Aves indet.
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Rodríguez-de la Rosa et al. 2004 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Lambeosaurinae indet.
Parks 1923
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Hernández-Rivera 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Hadrosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| UNAM; tibia, vertebrae, scapulae, ulnae, ribs, phalanges, metatarsals; SEPCP, Coah1-1 | ||||||||||
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= Hadrosaurinae indet.
Lambe 1918
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Hernández-Rivera 1997 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Ceratopsidae
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Ceratopsia indet.
Marsh 1890
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= Ceratopsidae indet.
Marsh 1888
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Hernández-Rivera 1997 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Flemingostrea subspatula
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Aphrodina tippana
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithium nodosa
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Geography
| Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Coahuila |
| Coordinates: | 25.5° North, 101.4° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.6° North, 76.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Difunta | Formation: | Cerro del Pueblo | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: no details given | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | estuary/bay |
| Geology comments: shallow, extensive brackish water bays, distributary channels | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,trace |
| Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated major elements: | many |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | Collection dates: | 1975-1993 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Coah 1, Cerro de la Virgen, Ejido Rincon Colorado | ||
| Database number: | 55245 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-10-02 20:40:19 | Last modified: | 2022-09-19 16:32:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-10-02 20:40:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14704. | ETE | R. Hernández and J. I. Kirkland. 1993. The rediscovery of a rich uppermost Campanian dinosaur locality in the Cerro del Pueblo Fm., Coahuila, Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13(3, suppl.):41A [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 61988 | R. Hernández-Rivera. 1997. Mexican dinosaurs. In P. J. Currie & K. Padian (ed.), Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs 433-437 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 82623 | J. I. Kirkland, R. Hernández Rivera, M. C. Aguillón Martínez, C. R. Delgado Jesús, R. Gómez Nuñez and I. Vallejo. 2000. The Late Cretaceous Difunta Group of the Parras Basin, Coahuila, Mexico, and its vertebrate fauna. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 60nd Annual Meeting, Guide Book of the Field Trips. Avances en Investigación, Special Publication 3:133-172 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 55641 | A. A. Ramírez-Velasco, R. Hernández-Rivera, and R. Servin-Pichardo. 2014. The hadrosaurian record from Mexico. In D. A. Eberth & D. C. Evans (ed.), Hadrosaurs 340-360 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 47964 | R. A. Rodríguez-de la Rosa, M. C. Aguillón-Martínez, and J. López-Espinoza. 2004. The fossil record of vertebrate tracks in Mexico. Ichnos 11:27-37 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 82622 | C. I. Serrano Brañas. 2006. Descripción de los Dinosaurios Pertenecientes a la Familia Hadrosauridae del Cretácico Superior de Coahuila, México [Description of the Dinosaurs Pertaining to the Family Hadrosauridae from the Upper Cretaceous of Coahuila, Mexico]. 1-173 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Uhen] |