San Carlos Formation
Appearance
San Carlos Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: | |
![]() Exposures of San Carlos Formation at Rancho Don Chuy, Aldama Municipality, Chihuahua. | |
Type | Geological formation |
Underlies | Caracol Formation |
Overlies | Picacho Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Sandstone |
Other | Shale |
Location | |
Region | North America |
Country | Mexico, United States |
Type section | |
Named for | San Carlos Mine |
Named by | Vaughan, T.W.[1] |
The San Carlos Formation is a geological formation in west Texas and east Chihuahua whose strata date back to the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous.[2] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[3]
Plants
[edit]- Javelinoxylon deca[4]
- Agathoxylon sp.[5]
- Paraphyllanthoxylon anasazi[5]
Vertebrate paleofauna
[edit]- Gryposaurus sp.
- Kritosaurus sp. (Gryposaurus sp.)
- Stegoceras sp.
- Deinosuchus sp.
Invertebrate paleofauna
[edit]- Mortoniceras
- Brancoceras
- Prionocyclus
- Coilopoceras
- Acanthoceras
- Acompsoceras
- Romaniceras
- Mammites
- Pseudothurmannia
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Vaughan, T.W. 1900. Reconnaissance in Rio Grande coal fields of Texas. Washington, United States, Geological Survey Bulletin 164.
- ^ Hernández-Noriega L., Ramírez-Tello E., Ávila-Lugo F. y Carrizales-Aguilar A. 2000. Carta Geológico-Minera, Ciudad Delicias H13-11, Chihuahua, Servicio Geológico Mexicano, Primera Edición. Map 1:250 000 and text.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Estrada-Ruiz, E., & Martínez-Cabrera, H. I. (2011). A new late cretaceous (Coniacian-Maastrichtian) Javelinoxylon wood from Chihuahua, Mexico. IAWA Journal, 32(4), 521-530. https://doi.org/10.1163/22941932-90000074
- ^ a b "View of Maderas fósiles de la Formación San Carlos (Cretácico Superior), Chihuahua, México". web.archive.org. 2024-02-13. Archived from the original on February 13, 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
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