Cerro del Pueblo Formation
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The Cerro del Pueblo Formation is a geological formation in Coahuila, Mexico whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous
Late Cretaceous
The Late Cretaceous is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous period is divided in the geologic timescale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous series...

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

Vertebrate paleofauna

  • Gryposaurus sp. (may be indet hadrosaurine remains)
  • ? Chasmosaurus sp
  • Monoclonius sp (ceratopsid indet)

Pterosaurs

Pterosaur
Pterosaur
Pterosaurs were flying reptiles of the clade or order Pterosauria. They existed from the late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous Period . Pterosaurs are the earliest vertebrates known to have evolved powered flight...

s of the Cerro del Pueblo Formation
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Ichnogenus:
  • Pteraichnus
    Pteraichnus
    Pteraichnus is an ichnogenus that has been attributed to pterosaurs. It has been found in, among other units, the Lower Jurassic Aztec Sandstone....

  • Found at Saltillo, Coahuila Province.
  • Specimens kept at the Dinosaur Tracks Museum, of the University of Colorado at Denver and the Secretaría de Educación Pública de Coahuila, Mexico.
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