Packard Formation

The Packard Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation.[1] The formation may be from the Kirtlandian land vertebrate age.[2] It has a similar fauna to the Corral de Enmedio Formation.[2]

Packard Formation
Stratigraphic range: Mesozoic
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofCabollona Group
Location
Country Mexico

Paleofauna

The fragmentary remains of indeterminate lepisosteids, trionychids, eusuchians, hadrosaurids, and ceratopsids are known from the Packard Formation.

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 of the Packard Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes Images

Albertosaurus[3]

Indeterminate[3]

Chamops[2]

C. segnis[2]

Melvius[2]

Indeterminate[2]

Tototlmimus[4]

T. packardensis[4]

Cabullona Group

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See also

Footnotes

  1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
  2. "Corral De Enmedio and Packard Formations, Cabollona Group, Sonora, Mexico," in Sullivan and Lucas (2006). Page 16.
  3. Listed as "cf. Albertosaurus sp." in "Corral De Enmedio and Packard Formations, Cabollona Group, Sonora, Mexico," in Sullivan and Lucas (2006). Page 16.
  4. Claudia Inés Serrano-Brañas; Esperanza Torres-Rodríguez; Paola Carolina Reyes-Luna; Ixchel González-Ramírez; Carlos González-Leóne (2016). "A new ornithomimid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Packard Shale Formation (Cabullona Group) Sonora, México". Cretaceous Research. 58: 49–62. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.08.013.

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