Corral de Enmedio Formation

Corral de Enmedio Formation
Type Geological formation
Unit of Cabollona Group
Location
Country  Mexico

The Corral de Enmedio Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation.[1] The formation may be from the Kirtlandian land vertebrate age.[2] It has a similar fauna to the Packard Formation.[2]

Paleofauna

The fragmentary remains of indeterminate lepisosteids, trionychids, eusuchians, hadrosaurids, and ceratopsids are known from the Corral de Enmedio Formation.

Color key
Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon
Notes
Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.
Vertebrates of the Corral de Enmedio Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes

Albertosaurus[3]

Indeterminate[3]

Chamops[2]

C. segnis[2]

Melvius[2]

Indeterminate[2]

Trachodon[1]

T. mirabilis[1]

Later found to be indeterminate hadrosaurid remains.[1]

See also

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Corral De Enmedio and Packard Formations, Cabollona Group, Sonora, Mexico," in Sullivan and Lucas (2006). Page 16.
  3. 1 2 Listed as "cf. Albertosaurus sp." "Corral De Enmedio and Packard Formations, Cabollona Group, Sonora, Mexico," in Sullivan and Lucas (2006). Page 16.

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