Cerro de los Dinosaurios, 7A Quarry: Late/Upper Campanian, Mexico
collected by UMNH, RTMP 1992–2002
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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Lambeosaurinae indet.
Parks 1923
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Serrano Brañas 2006 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| Coah1-7/SEPCP | ||||||||||
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cf. Lambeosaurus sp.
Parks 1923
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1 individual | |||||||||
| CPC-59 | ||||||||||
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= Lambeosaurinae indet.
Parks 1923
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Kirkland et al. 2006 | |||||||||
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= Velafrons coahuilensis n. gen., n. sp.
Gates et al. 2007
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Gates et al. 2007 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithium puebloensis
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Gates et al. 2007 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Nerita sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gates et al. 2007 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Aphrodina tippana
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Gates et al. 2007 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostreidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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Kirkland et al. 2006 | |||||||||
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= Flemingostrea subspatula
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Gates et al. 2007 | |||||||||
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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 | ||
| Local section: | Rincón Colorado | Local bed: | 335 m | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 335 m from base of formation | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray lithified calcareous mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "a highly cemented calcareous grey mudstone" | |
| Environment: | estuary/bay |
| Geology comments: shallow, extensive brackish water bays, distributary channels | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Encrustation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | UMNH, RTMP | Collection dates: | 1992–2002 |
| Collection method comments: quarry worked by Dinamation International, then by RTMP and UMNH | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Quarry 7, SEPC Coah 1, Cerro de la Virgen, Ejido Rincon Colorado | ||
| Database number: | 76745 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-11-30 11:29:39 | Last modified: | 2022-09-19 16:32:12 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-11-30 11:29:39 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 61988. | R. Hernández-Rivera. 1997. Mexican dinosaurs. In P. J. Currie & K. Padian (ed.), Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs 433-437 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 27001 | ETE | D. A. Eberth, C. R. Delgado-de Jesús, J. F. Lerbekmo, D. R. Brinkman, R. A. Rodríguez-de Rosa and S. D. Sampson. 2004. Cerro del Pueblo Fm (Difunta Group, Upper Cretaceous), Parras Basin, southern Coahuila, Mexico: reference sections, age, and correlation. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 21(3):335-352 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 26150 | ETE | T. A. Gates, S. D. Sampson, C. R. Delgado Jesús, L. E. Zanno, D. A. Eberth, E. Hernández-Rivera, M. C. Aguillón Martínez and J. I. Kirkland. 2007. Velafrons coahuilensis, a new lambeosaurine hadrosaurid (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) from the late Campanian Cerro del Pueblo Formation, Coahuila, Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(4):917-930 [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] | |
| 25969 | ETE | J. I. Kirkland, R. Hernández-Rivera, T. A. Gates, G. S. Paul, S. J. Nesbitt, C. I. Serrano-Brañas, and J. P. Garcia-de Garza. 2006. Large hadrosaurine dinosaurs from the latest Campanian of Coahuila, Mexico. In S. G. Lucas and R. M. Sullivan (eds.), Late Cretaceous Vertebrates from the Western Interior. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 35:299-315 [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] | |
| 82620 | Á A. Ramírez-Velasco and R. Hernández-Rivera. 2015. Diversity of Late Cretaceous dinosaurs from Mexico. Boletín Geológico y Minero 126(1):63-108 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 82030 | H. E. Rivera-Sylva and K. Carpenter. 2014. The ornithischian dinosaurs of Mexico. In H. E. Rivera-Sylva, K. Carpenter, & E. Frey (eds.), Dinosaurs and Other Reptiles from the Mesozoic of Mexico 156-180 [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] |