La Bocana Roja Formation
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The 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.
Late Cretaceous
The Late Cretaceous is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous period is divided in the geologic timescale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous series...
. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
Vertebrate paleofauna
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| Genus | Species | Location | Member | Material | Notes | Images |
Alexornis Alexornis Alexornis is a genus of enantiornithine bird from the Late Cretaceous of southwestern North America. The type and only species is Alexornis antecedens.... |
A. antecedens |
"Postcranial elements." |
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Labocania Labocania Labocania is a genus of theropod, possibly tyrannosauroid, dinosaur from Baja California, Mexico, which lived 70 million years ago, in the Campanian stage of the late Cretaceous Period. The name references the "La Bocana Roja" Formation, which translates as "red lips". The type species, L.... |
L. anomala |
"Very fragmentary skull and postcrania." |
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Lambeosaurus Lambeosaurus Lambeosaurus is a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur that lived about 76 to 75 million years ago, in the Late Cretaceous Period of North America. This bipedal/quadrupedal, herbivorous dinosaur is known for its distinctive hollow cranial crest, which in the best-known species resembled a hatchet... |
L. laticaudus |
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