Vertebrates of the El Pelillal locality (Campanian, Cerro Del Pueblo Formation), southeastern Coahuila, Mexico
Vertebrates of the El Pelillal locality (Campanian, Cerro Del Pueblo Formation), southeastern Coahuila, Mexico
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墨西哥科阿韦拉州东南部 El Pelillal 地区(Campanian、Cerro Del Pueblo 组)的脊椎动物
DOI:
10.1080/02724634.1998.10011104
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发表时间:
1998
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
S. Cevallos
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作者:
R. Rosa;S. Cevallos
ABSTRACT A new locality named El Pelillal (Cerro del Pueblo Formation, Late Cretaceous, Campanian) in the southeastern area of the State of Coahuila, Mexico yields an assemblage of vertebrates that is important for correlation due to its frequent occurrence in other localities along the Cerro del Pueblo Formation outcrops. It is located in the Municipio de Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila. Among the vertebrates found are: fishes (Lepisosteidae; Amiidae [cf. Melvius sp.]); turtles (Trionychidae, Chelydridae [cf. Protochelydra sp.], Kinosternoidea [cf. Hoplochelys sp.], an undetermined kinosternoid genus, and ?Pleurosternidae [Compsemys vieta]); Crocodilians Neosuchia (Goniopholididae); and Eusuchia and a pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea). Dinosaurs found include a hadrosaurine hadrosaur, a new Troodontidae, and other indeterminate theropods. The El Pelillal Locality is interpreted as a freshwater environment possibly influenced by tides. The fauna of the El Pelillal locality, Cerro del Pueblo Formation, resembles souther...