El Picacho Formation Explained
The El Picacho Formation is a geological formation in Texas, United States, whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[1] The paleosols found here are rich in clay, calcite, and rhizoliths which show that during the Cretaceous period, this fossil formation, just like the neighboring Javelina Formation and Aguja Formation, was a fluvial flood plain.[2]
Vertebrate paleofauna
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Notes and References
- Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Cretaceous, North America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 574-588. .
- Lehman . Thomas M. . Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) paleosols in Trans-Pecos Texas . GSA Bulletin . 1 February 1989 . 101 . 2 . 188–203 . 10.1130/0016-7606(1989)101<0188:UCMPIT>2.3.CO;2 . 1989GSAB..101..188L .
- Book: Osmólska . Halszka . Dobson . Peter . Weishampel . David B. . The Dinosauria . 6 November 2004 . University of California Press . Berkeley, CA . 9780520242098 . 582 .
- Lehman . Thomas M. . A Horned Dinosaur from the El Picacho Formation of West Texas, and Review of Ceratopsian Dinosaurs from the American Southwest. . Journal of Paleontology . 1996 . 70 . 3 . 494–508 . 10.1017/S0022336000038427 . 1306444 . 21 October 2020.
- Book: Osmólska . Halszka . Dobson . Peter . Weishampel . David B. . The Dinosauria . 6 November 2004 . University of California Press . Berkeley, CA . 9780520242098 . 582 .
- Wagner . Jonathan R. . The hadrosaurian dinosaurs (ornithischia: hadrosauria) of Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas, with implications for late Cretaceous paleozoogeography . Doctoral Dissertation, Texas Tech University . May 2001 . 21 October 2020.
- Book: Osmólska . Halszka . Dobson . Peter . Weishampel . David B. . The Dinosauria . 6 November 2004 . University of California Press . Berkeley, CA . 9780520242098 . 582 .
- Book: Osmólska . Halszka . Dobson . Peter . Weishampel . David B. . The Dinosauria . 6 November 2004 . University of California Press . Berkeley, CA . 9780520242098 . 582 .
- Book: Osmólska . Halszka . Dobson . Peter . Weishampel . David B. . The Dinosauria . 6 November 2004 . University of California Press . Berkeley, CA . 9780520242098 . 582 .