The Cerro del Pueblo Formation is a geological

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, Mexico whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.574-588 The formation is believed to correlate with the '' Baculites reesidesi'' and '' Baculites jenseni'' ammonite zones, which dates it to 73.63-72.74 Ma.

Dinosaurs

Ornithischians

Remains of the following ornithischians have been found in the formation:

Ankylosaurs

Ceratopsians

Ornithopods

Thescelosaurids

Saurischians

Remains of the following saurischians have been found in the formation:

Theropods

Other Fossils

Pterosaurs

Turtles

Other vertebrates

;Fish * '' Lepisosteus sp.'' * Amiidae indet. ;Fossil eggs * '' Porituberoolithus sp.'' * '' Spheroolithus sp.'' * '' ?Prismatoolithus sp.'' ;Mammals * Multituberculata indet.

References

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