La Boca Formation
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| La Boca Formation Stratigraphic range: ?Middle Jurassic |
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| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Huizachal Formation |
| Underlies | La Joya Formation |
| Location | |
| Region | Tamaulipas |
| Country | Mexico |
The La Boca Formation is a geological formation in Mexico. It dates back to the Middle Jurassic.[1]
Vertebrate fauna
| Vertebrates of the La Boca Formation | ||||||
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| Genus | Species | Location | Stratigraphic position | Abundance | Notes | Images |
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B. tamaulipensis[2] |
A basal Mammaliaform[2] | |||||
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Bocatherium[3] Williston proposed the Sphenodontia to include only tuatara and their closest fossil relatives in 1925.[3] |
B. mexicanum[3] |
A Tritylodontid[3] | ||||
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Unnamed Ceratosaur[1] |
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Unnamed Crocodyliforms[3] |
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C. huizachalensis |
A Sphenodont | |||||
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D. weintraubi |
A Pterosaur | |||||
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Indeterminate Heterodontosaurid remains[4] |
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H. wiblei[2] |
A Gobiconodont[2] | |||||
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Unnamed Mammaliaforms (IGM 6622,IGM 6855, and IGM 6856)[2] |
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S. jimmysjoyi[5] |
A venomous Sphenodont[5] | |||||
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T. morenoi |
A strange burrowing Diapsid | |||||
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V. inaequalis[2] |
A Triconodontid[2] | |||||
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Z. ejidoensis |
A dwarf Sphenodont | |||||
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Middle Jurassic, North America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 537–538. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Montellano, M., J. A. Hopson, and J. M. Clark. 2008. Late Early Jurassic mammaliaforms from Huizachal Canyon, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28:1130–1143. [1]
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Reynoso, V.H. 2005. Possible evidence of a venom apparatus in a Middle Jurassic sphenodontian from the Huizachal red beds of Tamaulipas, Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25: 646–653. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2005)025[0646:PEOAVA]2.0.CO;2
Footnotes
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