The Cerro del Pueblo formation is not only our first Mexican formation but ALSO NO. 60 IN THIS SERIES!!! I don't know why but despite being way less filled with animals I had some struggled with this piece. Off stream I actually replaced the whole water surface :P
This formation preserves the calm ponds and distributary channels of a delta that emptied into the Western Interior Seaway. There is no evidence of mangroves so I like to compare it with the Danube delta.
The animals here lived in a tropical rainforest setting however I didn't want to show another dense forest after the Tiki formation two weeks ago. So I used the presence of frequent storms as an excuse to get rid of a bunch of larger trees and have tons of bushes...
...Grow into the new spaces. Besides the dinosaurs from here an interesting part of this formation for me was it's flora. We mostly have angiosperms from here, often preserved as fruit, seeds and flowers.
In these size charts by discord member Montana you can see that we have a fascinating diversity in herbivores here. There are also some animals not included here because they are either not described or very fragmentary.
And before you ask: Coahuilaceratops was assigned to a different formation some time ago and Labocania and Paraxenisaurus... lets just say, no. Just no.
