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]
| San Carlos Formation | |
|---|---|
| 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] |
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
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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". 2024-02-13. Archived from the original on February 13, 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
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