Lomas Coloradas Formation

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Lomas Coloradas Formation
Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian
Type Geological formation
Location
Country Mexico

The Lomas Coloradas Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in Mexico. [1] [2] [3] [4] 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. [5] Indetermiate hadrosaur remains, [6] indeterminate ceratopsian remains, [7] indetermiate tyrannosaur remains, [8] indeterminate maniraptoriform remains, [9] and indeterminate sauropod remains, most likely belonging to Alamosaurus , have been unearthed here. [10]

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Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs reported from the Lomas Coloradas Formation
GenusSpeciesLocationStratigraphic PositionMaterialNotesImages

Tyrannosaurus ? [11]

T. rex?

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

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Footnotes

  1. González-León, Carlos Manuel (1994). "Stratigraphy, depositional environments, and origin of the Cabullona Basin, northeastern Sonora, Mexico".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. Lucas, Spencer G.; Kues, Barry S.; Gonzalez-Leon, Carlos M. (1995), "Paleontology of the Upper Cretaceous Cabullona Group, northeastern Sonora", Special Paper 301: Studies on the Mesozoic of Sonora and adjacent areas, Geological Society of America, pp. 143–165, ISBN   0-8137-2301-9 , retrieved 2025-03-17
  3. Ríos-Santos, César; Cevallos-Ferriz, Sergio R. S.; Pujana, Roberto R. (2020-12-01). "Cupressaceous woods in the Upper Cretaceous Cabullona Group in Fronteras, Sonora, Mexico" . Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 104: 102756. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2020.102756. ISSN   0895-9811.
  4. Taliaferro, N. L. (1933). "An Occurrence of Upper Cretaceous Sediments in Northern Sonora, Mexico". The Journal of Geology. 41 (1): 12–37. ISSN   0022-1376.
  5. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  6. 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)
  7. Rivera-Sylva, Héctor E.; Frey, Eberhard; Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang; Guzmán-Gutiérrez, José Rubén; González-González, Arturo H. (2017-04-01). "Mexican ceratopsids: Considerations on their diversity and biogeography" . Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 75: 66–73. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2017.01.008. ISSN   0895-9811.
  8. Serrano-Brañas, Claudia Inés; Torres-Rodríguez, Esperanza; Reyes Luna, Paola Carolina; González, Ixchel; González-León, Carlos (May 2014). "Tyrannosaurid teeth from the Lomas Coloradas Formation, Cabullona Group (Upper Cretaceous) Sonora, México" . Cretaceous Research. 49: 163–171. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2014.02.018. ISSN   0195-6671.
  9. Carbot Chanona, Gerardo; Rivera Sylva, Héctor E. (2011). "Presence of a maniraptoriform dinosaur in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Chiapas, southern Mexico". Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana. 63 (3): 393–398. doi: 10.18268/bsgm2011v63n3a2 . ISSN   1405-3322.
  10. 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.
  11. "Tyrannosauroidea".

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