Stratigraphic Reassessment of the Mexican Chasmosaurine Coahuilaceratops magnacuerna as the First Diagnostic Dinosaur Remains from the Cerro Huerta Formation (Lower Maastrichtian) Supporting the Southern Origin of the Triceratopsini
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Geological Framework
3. Measured Section
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Barrera Guevara, D.; Espinosa Chávez, B.; Serrano Brañas, C.I.; de León Dávila, C.; Posada Martinez, D.; Freedman Fowler, E.; Fowler, D. Stratigraphic Reassessment of the Mexican Chasmosaurine Coahuilaceratops magnacuerna as the First Diagnostic Dinosaur Remains from the Cerro Huerta Formation (Lower Maastrichtian) Supporting the Southern Origin of the Triceratopsini. Diversity 2024, 16, 390. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16070390
Barrera Guevara D, Espinosa Chávez B, Serrano Brañas CI, de León Dávila C, Posada Martinez D, Freedman Fowler E, Fowler D. Stratigraphic Reassessment of the Mexican Chasmosaurine Coahuilaceratops magnacuerna as the First Diagnostic Dinosaur Remains from the Cerro Huerta Formation (Lower Maastrichtian) Supporting the Southern Origin of the Triceratopsini. Diversity. 2024; 16(7):390. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16070390
Chicago/Turabian StyleBarrera Guevara, Daniela, Belinda Espinosa Chávez, Claudia Inés Serrano Brañas, Claudio de León Dávila, Daniel Posada Martinez, Elizabeth Freedman Fowler, and Denver Fowler. 2024. "Stratigraphic Reassessment of the Mexican Chasmosaurine Coahuilaceratops magnacuerna as the First Diagnostic Dinosaur Remains from the Cerro Huerta Formation (Lower Maastrichtian) Supporting the Southern Origin of the Triceratopsini" Diversity 16, no. 7: 390. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16070390