UBS (BENC 18/1): Late Campanian, Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Caenagnathidae
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| BENC 18/1-0004 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Coahuila |
| Coordinates: | 25.5° North, 101.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.6° North, 68.1° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | black,gray mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: tabular beds of black-grayish mudstones intercalated with siltstones and fine-grained sandstones | |
| Environment: | lagoonal |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Disassociated minor elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: no details given | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | 3 km northeast of La Rosa | ||
| Database number: | 231026 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2023-08-01 07:08:19 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2023-08-01 07:08:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 85500. | C. I. Serrano-Brañas, B. Espinosa-Chávez, S. A. Maccracken, D. Barrera Guevara, and E. Torres-Rodríguez. 2022. First record of caenagnathid dinosaurs (Theropoda, Oviraptorosauria) from the Cerro del Pueblo Formation (Campanian, Upper Cretaceous), Coahuila, Mexico. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 119:104046 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |