| San Carlos Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Campanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
 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. |
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. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
Plants
- Javelinoxylon deca
- 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
References
- 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
- ^ "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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