Cerro del Pueblo Formation

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Cerro del Pueblo Formation
Stratigraphic range: Campanian ~73.6–72.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Unit of	Difunta Group
Underlies	Cerro Huerta Formation
Overlies	Parras Shale
Thickness	160 m (520 ft)
Lithology
Primary	Mudstone, sandstone
Other	Siltstone, conglomerate, limestone
Location
Coordinates	26°06′N 101°06′W / 26.1°N 101.1°W / 26.1; -101.1
Approximate paleocoordinates	32°12′N 75°30′W / 32.2°N 75.5°W / 32.2; -75.5
Region	Coahuila
Country	Mexico
Extent	Parras Basin
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The Cerro del Pueblo Formation is a geological formation in Coahuila, Mexico, whose strata date back to the latest Campanian of the Late Cretaceous, just before the Campanian-Maastrichtian boundary. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.^[1] The formation is believed to correlate with the Baculites reesidesi and Baculites jenseni ammonite zones, which dates it to 73.63-72.74 Ma.^[2]

The Cerro del Pueblo Formation includes marine, brackish, and non-marine environments, and was laid down in a coastal lowland environment, with Coahuila being on the edge of the Western Interior Seaway at the time. Fossils are abundant in the Cerro del Pueblo Formation, and include dinosaurs and other vertebrates, plants and seeds, and invertebrates including oysters, snails, and other molluscs. The formation is underlain by the Parras Shale and is overlain by the Cerro Huerta Formation.

Remains of the following ornithischians have been found in the formation:^[3]

Ornithopods of the Cerro del Pueblo Formation
Genus	Species	Material	Notes	Images
Coahuilasaurus[4]	C. lipani[3]		A kritosaurin hadrosaurid
Hadrosauridae[3]	Indeterminate[3]	A braincase, postorbital, quadrate, laterosphenoid, dentaries, mandibles, maxillae, cervical vertebrae, dorsal vertebrae, sacral vertebrae, caudal vertebrae, neural spines, ribs, ilium, femora, fibulae, tibiae, humeri, ulnae, metatarsals, metacarpals, pedal phalanxes, pedal phalanges, pedal ungula, phalanges, phalanxes, various bone fragments, fibulae, scapulae, radii, coracoids, astragali, indeterminate pelvic bones, ossified tendons, isolated teeth and integumentary impressions.[3]	Indeterminate hadrosaurid remains from numerous specimens.[3]
Kritosaurus[5]	K. navajovius[5]	Predentary, symphyseal processes, rostral portion of dental battery of dentaries, rostral region of premaxillae, and fragments of maxilla.[5]	A kritosaurin hadrosaurid, originally referred to K. navajovius,[5] but reclassified to Coahuilasaurus.
Lambeosaurinae[3]	Indeterminate[3]	Maxillae, premaxillae, quadrate, partial braincase, dentaries, cervical vertebrae, dorsal vertebrae, sacral vertebrae, caudal vertebrae, neural spines, ribs, ilia, ischium, femora, fibulae, tibiae, humeri, ulnae, metatarsals, metacarpals, pedal phalanges, phalanges, pedal unguals, astragali, radii, scapulae, pubes and other unprepared elements.[3]	Indeterminate lambeosaurine remains from numerous specimens, including a large hadrosaurid.[3]
Latirhinus[6]	L. uitstlani[6]	Caudal vertebrae, scapulae, humeri, ulnae, coracoid, metacarpals, manual ungual, ilia, ischia, femora, tibiae, fibula, and astragalus.[6]	Holotype specimen is chimeric as it consists of multiple individuals. Some material from the holotype specimen is assigned to Lambeosaurinae indet. and Saurolophinae indet..[7]
Saurolophinae[3]	Indeterminate[3]	A braincase, brain endocast, dentaries, maxillae, cervical vertebrae, dorsal vertebrae, sacral vertebrae, caudal vertebrae, chevrons, neural spines, ribs, ilium fragments, femora, fibulae, tibiae, humeri, ulnae, metatarsals, phalanges, phalanxes, scapulae, a possible coracoid, radii, ossified tendons, and undescribed juvenile specimens.[3]	Indeterminate saurolophine remains from numerous specimens, including juvenile individuals.[3]
Tlatolophus[8]	T. galorum[8]	An almost complete skull, mandible, partial ilium, partial ischium, a femur, scapula, coracoid, sacral vertebrae, caudal vertebrae, and chevrons.[8]	A parasaurolophin hadrosaur, closely related to Charonosaurus and Blasisaurus.[8]
Velafrons[9]	V. coahuilensis[9]	Dentaries, predentaries, ceratobranchial, premaxillae, maxillae, jugal, quadrate, nasal, skull roof, cervical vertebrae, dorsal vertebrae, sacral vertebrae, caudal vertebrae, neural arches, cervical ribs, ribs, chevrons, scapula, coracoids, humeri, ulnae, radii, metacarpals, manual phalanges, ilium, ischia, pubes, femora, tibiae, astragalus, metatarsals and pedal phalanges.[9]	A lambeosaurine hadrosaurid known only from a juvenile specimen.[9]

Remains of the following saurischians have been found in the formation:^[3]

Theropods of the Cerro del Pueblo Formation
Genus	Species	Material	Notes	Images
Caenagnathidae		3 tibia fragments, distal, proximal and medial shaft elements respectively.[11]	An oviraptorosaur. Two different morphotypes are suggested, a small one, less than a meter in length. And a big morphotype, almost reaching two meters.
Dromaeosaurinae[3]	Indeterminate[3]	A pedal ungual and dentary teeth.[3]	Indeterminate dromaeosaurine remains.[3]
Labocania[12]	L. aguillonae[3]		A teratophonein tyrannosaurine
Ornithomimidae[3]	Indeterminate[3]	Dorsal vertebrae, caudal vertebrae, femora, fibulae, tibiae, metatarsals, ungual manuals, ungual pedals, phalanxes, manual phalanxes, manual phalanges, pedal phalanges, pedal phalanxes, pubes and tarsals.[3]	Indeterminate ornithomimid remains.[3]
Paraxenisaurus[13]	P. normalensis[13]	Caudal vertebrae, femur, peses, manual phalanxes, manual ungual, tarsals, metatarsals, metacarpals, pedal phalanx, pedal phalanges, and pedal unguals.[13]	Represents the first known deinocheirid from North America.[13]
cf. Richardoestesia[3]	Indeterminate[3]	A tooth.[3]	A taxon only known from teeth.[3]
"Saltillomimus"	"S. rapidus"	Partial skeleton.[14]	An informally named ornithomimosaur.[14]
Saurornitholestinae[3]	Indeterminate[3]	A pedal ungual, manual unguals and teeth.[3]	Indeterminate saurornitholestine remains.[3]
Theropoda[3]	Indeterminate[3]	A neural arch, complete and fragmented pedal and manual phalanxes, manual unguals, unspecified vertebra, complete and fragmented caudal vertebrae, chevron, proximal end of femur, and unidentified bone fragments.[3]	Indeterminate theropod remains.[3]
Troodontidae[3]	Indeterminate[3]	A pedal phalanx and a tooth.[3]	Indeterminate troodontid remains.[3]
Tyrannosauridae[3]	Indeterminate[3]	A caudal vertebra, indeterminate vertebrae, tibia, fibula, fragments of ungual phalanges, phalanges, and teeth.[3]	Indeterminate tyrannosaurid remains.[3]

• Porituberoolithus sp.
• Spheroolithus sp.
• ?Prismatoolithus sp.

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mexico

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