La Bocana Roja Formation

La Bocana Roja Formation is a geological formation in Baja California, Mexico. Its strata date back to the Late Cretaceous, although the precise age is unclear.^[1][2] Dinosaur remains have been recovered from the formation.^[3]

La Bocana Roja Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Underlies	Punta Baja Formation
Location
Region	North America

Vertebrate paleofauna

Color key Taxon Reclassified taxon Taxon falsely reported as present Dubious taxon or junior synonym Ichnotaxon Ootaxon Morphotaxon		Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; crossed out taxa are discredited.

Vertebrates reported from the La Bocana Roja Formation
Genus	Species	Location	Member	Material	Notes	Images
Alexornis[4]	A. antecedens[4]			"Postcranial elements."[5]		Labocania
Hadrosauridae	Indeterminate			"bone fragments; humerus"[6]
Labocania[7]	L. anomala[7]			"Very fragmentary skull and postcrania."[8]
Lambeosaurinae	Indeterminate			"left ischium and fragment of left ilium, right jugal, dentary, radial fragment, scapula, ulna and fibula fragment, humerus, pedal ungual phalanx."[6]	Probably belongs to one taxon.

See also

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• Paleontology portal
• Dinosaurs portal

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations