Cantera Rojas tracksite: Late Campanian, Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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| 4 specimens | ||||||||||
| isolated tracks | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Coahuila |
| Coordinates: | 25.5° North, 101.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.5° North, 68.1° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Late Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.6 - 72.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Difunta | Formation: | Cerro del Pueblo |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: 26 sq m exposure | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 193567 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-05-29 10:53:02 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-05-29 10:53:02 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 65764. | J. L. Gudiño Maussán, F. J. Aguilar, and R. Hernández-Rivera. 2018. Aplicación de fotogrametría digital para el registro de las huellas de dinosaurio de la Formación Cerro del Pueblo (Campaniano tardío), Coahuila, México [Application of digital photogrammetry for recording dinosaur footprints of the Cerro del Pueblo Formation (late Campanian), Coahuila, Mexico]. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana 70(2):307-324 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |