La Bocana Roja Formation

La Bocana Roja Formation Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous
Type	Geological formation
Location
Region	North America

La Bocana Roja Formation is a geological formation in Baja California, Mexico whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.^[1]

Vertebrate paleofauna

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 reported from the La Bocana Roja Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Member	Material	Notes	Images
Alexornis[2]	A. antecedens[2]			"Postcranial elements."[3]		Labocania
Labocania[4]	L. anomala[4]			"Very fragmentary skull and postcrania."[5]

hadrosauridae indeterminate

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

Footnotes

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. "La Bocana Roja Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 588. Also see "Appendix: Summary of the Mesozoic Reptilian Fossils of California," in Hilton (2003) p. 264
3. "Table 11.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 212.
4. "La Bocana Roja Formation." Weishampel, et al. (2004). Pg. 588. Also see "Appendix: Summary of the Mesozoic Reptilian Fossils of California," in Hilton (2003) p. 261
5. "Table 5.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 114.

References

• Hilton, Richard P. 2003. Dinosaurs and Other Mesozoic Reptiles of California. Berkeley: University of California Press. 318 pp.
• Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.