Moreno Hill Formation
| Moreno Hill Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Location | |
| Region | North America |
The Moreno Hill Formation is a geological formation in New Mexico whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]
Vertebrate paleofauna
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Dinosaurs
| Dinosaurs of the Moreno Hill Formation | ||||
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| Taxa | Presence | Description | Images | |
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Clade:
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An unnamed small coelurosaur, dromaeosaur, and tyrannosaur.[2] |
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Clade:
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A basal hadrosauromorph.[3] | |||
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Genus:
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A therizinosaur.[4] "Teeth, fragmentary skull bones, cervical and other vertebrae, scapula, partial forelimb and hindlimb."[5] | |||
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Genus:
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A ceratopsian.[6] "Partial cranial and postcranial materials of five individuals."[7] | |||
See also
References
- ^ Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, North America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 574-588. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- ^ Denton, R., Ranson, W.V., Nesbitt, S., Wolfe, D.G., and Holtz, T. (2004). "A new small theropod dinosaur from the Moreno Hill Formation (Turonian, Upper Cretaceous) of New Mexico." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 24(sup. 3): 52A.
- ^ McDonald, A.T., Wolfe, D.G., and Kirkland, J.I. (2006). "On a hadrosauromorph (Dinosauria: Onithopoda) from the Moreno Hill Formation (Cretaceous, Turonian) of New Mexico." Pp. 277-280 in Lucas, S.G. and Sullivan, R.M. (eds.), Late Cretaceous vertebrates from the Western Interior. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 35.
- ^ Kirkland, J.I., and Wolfe, D.G. (2001). "First definitive therizinosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from North America." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 21(3): 410-414.
- ^ "Table 7.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 152.
- ^ Wolfe, D.G. and Kirkland, J.I. (1998). "Zuniceratops christopheri n. gen. & n. sp., a ceratopsian dinosaur from the Moreno Hill Formation (Cretaceous, Turonian) of west-central New Mexico." Pp. 303-317 in Lucas, S.G., Kirkland, J.I., Estep, J.W. (eds.), Lower and Middle Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Bulletin, 14.
- ^ "Table 22.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 480.
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