Olmos Formation
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The Olmos Formation is a geologic formation in Mexico. It preserves
fossils A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved in ...
of plants, hadrosaurs, ceratopsians, tyrannosaurs and the turtle '' Palauchelys'' dating back to the Cretaceous period.


See also

* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Mexico


References


External links

* Geologic formations of Mexico Cretaceous Mexico Campanian Stage Maastrichtian Stage of North America {{Cretaceous-stub