Cabullona Basin, unknown locality (Cretaceous of Mexico)

Also known as Tyrannosaur locality, Naco-Cananea

Where: Sonora, Mexico (31.0° N, 109.0° W: paleocoordinates 38.8° N, 87.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Lomas Coloradas Formation (Cabullona Group), Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; shale

• Packard Shale and Lomas Coloradas Formation represent fluvial, lacustrine and deltaic deposits,

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float),

• Estación Regional del Noroeste (ERNO)

Primary reference: C. I. Serrano-Brañas, E. Torres-Rodríguez, P. C. R. Luna, I. Gonzalez, and C. Gonzalez-Leon. 2014. Tyrannosaurid teeth from the Lomas Coloradas Formation, Cabullona Group (Upper Cretaceous) Sonora, México. Cretaceous Research 49:163-171 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155214: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 02.04.2014, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosauridae indet. Osborn 1906 tyrannosaurid
ERNO 005, 006 (teeth)
Tyrannosaurus rex Osborn 1905 tyrant lizard king
ERNO 8549–8452 (teeth)