San Carlos Formation

San Carlos Formation
Stratigraphic range: Campanian
Exposures of San Carlos Formation at Rancho Don Chuy, Aldama Municipality, Chihuahua.
TypeGeological formation
UnderliesCaracol Formation
OverliesPicacho Formation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
OtherShale
Location
RegionNorth America
CountryMexico, United States
Type section
Named forSan Carlos Mine
Named byVaughan, T.W.

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. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.

Plants

Vertebrate paleofauna

Invertebrate paleofauna

See also

References

  1. ↑ Vaughan, T.W. 1900. Reconnaissance in Rio Grande coal fields of Texas. Washington, United States, Geological Survey Bulletin 164.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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
  5. 1 2 "View of Maderas fósiles de la Formación San Carlos (Cretácico Superior), Chihuahua, México". 2024-02-13. Archived from the original on February 13, 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-18.