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Carnets de Géologie 2009

Evidence of predation on the vertebra of a hadrosaurid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) of Coahuila, Mexico

Rivera-Sylva Héctor E.,Frey Eberhard,Guzmán-Gutiérrez José Rubén

Keywords: Coahuila , Mexico , Late Cretaceous , Campanian , Alligatoridae , Deinosuchus , Hadro-sauridae , predation

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Abstract:

In sediments of the Aguja Formation (Late Cretaceous: Campanian) at La Salada in northern part of the state of Coahuila, Mexico, numerous fossils of vertebrates have been discovered including Hadrosauridae. One hadrosaur vertebra provides evidence of predation probably by a giant alligator Deinosuchus riograndensis.

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