La Bocana Roja Formation is a geological formation in Baja California, Mexico. Its strata date back to the Late Cretaceous, although the precise age is unclear. Dinosaur remains have been recovered from the formation.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. .
Vertebrate paleofauna
Vertebrates reported from the La Bocana Roja Formation Genus Species Location Member Material Notes ImagesAlexornis"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. 264A. antecedens"Postcranial elements.""Table 11.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 212.HadrosauridaeIndeterminate"bone fragments; humerus"Labocania"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. 261L. anomala"Very fragmentary skull and postcrania.""Table 5.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 114.LambeosaurinaeIndeterminate"left ischium and fragment of left ilium, right jugal, dentary, radial fragment, scapula, ulna and fibula fragment, humerus, pedal ungual phalanx."Probably belongs to one taxon.
See also
List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
Footnotes
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. .