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Lomas Coloradas Formation

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Lomas Coloradas Formation
Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian
TypeGeological formation
Location
Country Mexico

The Lomas Coloradas Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in Mexico. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although only a few have yet been referred to a specific genus.[1] Indetermiate hadrosaur remains[2] and indeterminate sauropod remains, most likely belonging to Alamosaurus, have been unearthed here.[3]

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs reported from the Lomas Coloradas Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic Position Material Notes Images

Tyrannosaurus?[4]

T. rex?

A tyrannosaurid. Also from the Hell Creek, Denver, Ferris, Frenchman, Javelina, Livingston, McRae, North Horn, Scollard, and Willow Creek Formations.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. ^ Velasco, Angel Alejandro Ramírez; Rivera, Rene Hernandez; Servín-Pichardo, Ricardo (January 2014). Eberth, David A.; Evans, David C. (eds.). The Hadrosaurian Record from Mexico. 1320 E 10th St, Bloomington, IN 47405: Indiana University Press. pp. 340–360. ISBN 9780253013903. Retrieved 16 November 2020.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. ^ Osmólska, Halszka (6 November 2004). Weishampel, David B.; Osmolska, Halszka; Dodson, Peter (eds.). The Dinosauria. University of California Press. p. 823. ISBN 9780520242098. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  4. ^ http://theropoddatabase.com/Tyrannosauroidea.html#Tyrannosaurusrex

References

  • Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.