Redonda Formation
The Redonda Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation. Fossil theropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1]
| Redonda Formation | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
Vertebrate fauna
Fish
| fish of the Redonda Formation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxa | Presence | Notes | Images | |
|
Cionichthys |
Skull fragments | A redfieldiid |
| |
| A lungfish | ||||
|
Coelacanthidae indet. |
Fragmentary material | Possibly assignable to Chinlea or Quayia | ||
| scales | A dapediid | |||
| Abundant, found in large deathbeds | A semionotid | |||
|
Synornichthys |
Skull fragments | A redfieldiid | ||
Stereospondyls
| Stereospondyls of the Redonda Formation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxa | Presence | Notes | Images | |
| Numerous specimens |
A metoposaurid, possibly juveniles of Koskinodon |
| ||
Synapsids
| Synapsids of the Redonda Formation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxa | Presence | Notes | Images | |
|
Redondagnathus |
teeth | |||
Archosauriforms
| Archosauriforms of the Redonda Formation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxa | Presence | Notes | Images | |
| Osteoderms |
An aetosaur similar to Neoaetosauroides |
| ||
| Numerous skulls and other skeletal remains | ||||
| Osteoderms and other fragments |
A typothoracisine aetosaur related to Typothorax | |||
| Snout bones and a scapulocoracoid |
A large, predatory basal crocodylomorph | |||
| Osteoderms | An unusual non-archosaurian archosauriform | |||
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
Footnotes
- Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
References
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
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