Moreno Hill Formation

The Moreno Hill Formation is a geological formation in New Mexico whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1]

Moreno Hill Formation
Stratigraphic range: Turonian
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TypeGeological formation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone, Shale
OtherSiltstone, Coal
Location
Region New Mexico
Country United States

Vertebrate paleofauna

Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs of the Moreno Hill Formation
Taxa Presence Description Images

Genus:

  1. J. rugoculus

A basal hadrosauromorph.[2]
Jeyawati
Nothronychus
Suskityrannus
Zuniceratops

Genus:

  1. N. mckinleyi

A therizinosaur.[3] "Teeth, fragmentary skull bones, cervical and other vertebrae, scapula, partial forelimb and hindlimb."[4]

Genus

  1. S. hazelae

A tyrannosauroid based on a partial skull and skeleton.[5]

Genus:

  1. Z. christopheri

A ceratopsian.[6] "Partial cranial and postcranial materials of five individuals."[7]

Clade

Ankylosaur teeth (specimens MSM P15742 and MSM P15743)[8]

See also
  • List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References
  1. 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.
  2. McDonald, A.T., Wolfe, D.G., and Kirkland, J.I. (2006). "On a hadrosauromorph (Dinosauria: Onithopoda) from the Moreno Hill Formation (Cretaceous, Turonian) of New Mexico." Pp. 277-280 in Lucas, S.G. and Sullivan, R.M. (eds.), Late Cretaceous vertebrates from the Western Interior. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, 35.
  3. Kirkland, J.I., and Wolfe, D.G. (2001). "First definitive therizinosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from North America." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 21(3): 410-414.
  4. "Table 7.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 152.
  5. Wolfe, Douglas G.; McDonald, Andrew T.; Kirkland, James I.; Turner, Alan H.; Smith, Nathan D.; Brusatte, Stephen L.; Loewen, Mark A.; Denton, Robert K.; Nesbitt, Sterling J. (May 6, 2019). "A mid-Cretaceous tyrannosauroid and the origin of North American end-Cretaceous dinosaur assemblages". Nature Ecology & Evolution: 1. doi:10.1038/s41559-019-0888-0 – via www.nature.com.
  6. Wolfe, D.G. and Kirkland, J.I. (1998). "Zuniceratops christopheri n. gen. & n. sp., a ceratopsian dinosaur from the Moreno Hill Formation (Cretaceous, Turonian) of west-central New Mexico." Pp. 303-317 in Lucas, S.G., Kirkland, J.I., Estep, J.W. (eds.), Lower and Middle Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Bulletin, 14.
  7. "Table 22.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 480.
  8. Sterling J. Nesbitt; Robert K. Denton Jr; Mark A. Loewen; Stephen L. Brusatte; Nathan D. Smith; Alan H. Turner; James I. Kirkland; Andrew T. McDonald; Douglas G. Wolfe (2019). "Supplementary information for: A mid-Cretaceous tyrannosauroid and the origin of North American end-Cretaceous dinosaur assemblages" (PDF). Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3 (6): 892–899. doi:10.1038/s41559-019-0888-0. PMID 31061476.


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