Earth:San Carlos Formation

Short description: Geologic formation in west Texas, United States

San Carlos Formation Stratigraphic range: Campanian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Exposures of San Carlos Formation at Rancho Don Chuy, Aldama Municipality, Chihuahua.
Type	Geological formation
Location
Region	North America

The San Carlos Formation is a geological formation in west Texas whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.

Vertebrate paleofauna

• Gryposaurus sp
• Kritosaurus sp (Gryposaurus sp)
• Stegoceras sp
• Deinosuchus sp

See also

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations