Olmos Formation

Olmos Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian
Type Formation
Location
Region Coahuila
Country Mexico
Olmos Formation stratigraphic column in Texas

The Olmos Formation is a geologic formation in Mexico. It preserves fossils of plants, hadrosaurs, ceratopsians and tyrannosaurs dating back to the Cretaceous period.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

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References

  1. ↑ Estrada-Ruiz, Emilio; Martinez Cabrera, Hugo I.; RS Cevallos-Ferriz, Sergio (June 2007). "Fossil woods from the late Campanian–early Maastrichtian Olmos Formation, Coahuila, Mexico". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 145 (1): 123–133. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2006.09.003.
  2. ↑ Upchurch,, G. R.; Estrada-Ruiz,, E.; Cevallos-Ferriz,, S. S. (December 2008). "Did tropical rainforest vegetation exist during the Late Cretaceous? New data from the late Campanian to early Maastrichtian Olmos Formation, Coahuila, Mexico". American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008. Bibcode:2008AGUFMPP11D..07U.
  3. ↑ Estrada-Ruiz, E.; Martínez-Cabrera, H.I.; Cevallos-Ferriz, S.R. (July 2010). "Upper Cretaceous woods from the Olmos Formation (late Campanian-early Maastrichtian), Coahuila, Mexico". American Journal of Botany. 97 (7): 1179–94. doi:10.3732/ajb.0900234. PMID 21616869.
  4. ↑ Alejandro Ramírez Velasco, Angel; Hernandez Rivera, Rene; Servin-Pichardo, Ricardo (January 2014). "The Hadrosaurian Record from Mexico". HADROSAURS, Chapter: Biogeography and biostratigraphy: 340–360.
  5. ↑ Gerardo Porras-Muzquiz, Hector; Lehman, Thomas M. (August 2011). "A ceratopsian horncore from the Olmos Formation (early Maastrichtian) near Múzquiz, Mexico". Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas. 28 (2): 262–266.
  6. ↑ Ramírez-Velasco, A. A; Hernández-Rivera, R. (2015). "Diversity of Late Cretaceous dinosaurs from Mexico". Boletín Geológico y Minero. 126 (1): 63–108. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  • Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
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