San Carlos Formation

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

Plants Javelinoxylon decaEstrada-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 Agathoxylon sp. Paraphyllanthoxylon anasazi

Vertebrate paleofauna Gryposaurus sp. Kritosaurus sp. (Gryposaurus sp.) Stegoceras sp. Deinosuchus sp.

Invertebrate paleofauna Mortoniceras Brancoceras Prionocyclus Coilopoceras Acanthoceras Acompsoceras Romaniceras Mammites Pseudothurmannia

See also

List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

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