Laguna Colorada Formation
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| Laguna Colorada Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Early Jurassic < | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | El Tranquilo Group |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Siltstone |
| Other | dolomite |
| Location | |
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| Approximate paleocoordinates | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Region | Santa Cruz Province |
| Country | Argentina |
| Extent | Austral Basin |
  Laguna Colorada Formation (Argentina) | |
The Laguna Colorada Formation is a geological formation of the Austral Basin in Patagonia, Argentina. The formation belongs to the El Tranquilo Group and dates back to the Early Jurassic, with a maximum age of 192.78 ± 0.14 Ma.[1][2]
Vertebrate paleofauna
[edit | edit source]Dinosaur tracks geographically located in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.[1]
Color key
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Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Dinosaurs
[edit | edit source]| Dinosaurs of the Laguna Colorada Formation | ||||||
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| Genus | Species | Location | Material | Notes | Images | |
| Mussaurus[1][3] | M. patagonicus | Santa Cruz Province | "More than [ten] fragmentary to complete skeletons, [four] skulls, juvenile to adult" | A anchisaurian sauropodomorph |  | |
| Heterodontosauridae indet.[1] | Ineterminate | Santa Cruz Province | ||||
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c d Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Triassic, South America)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 527–528. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
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- ^ "Table 12.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 235.
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- A. M. Báez and C. A. Marsicano. 1998. A heterodontosaurian ornithischian in the Upper Triassic of southern Patagonia?. Gondwana 10: Event Stratigraphy of Gondwana, Cape Town, South Africa 27:14-15
- J. F. Bonaparte and M. Vince. 1979. El hallazgo del primer nido de dinosaurios triasicos, (Saurischia, Prosauropoda), Triasico Superior de Patagonia, Argentina [The discovery of the first nest of Triassic dinosaurs (Saurischia, Prosauropoda,) from the Upper Triassic of Patagonia, Argentina]. Ameghiniana 16(1-2):173-182
- R. M. Casamiquela. 1964. Sobre el hallazgo de dinosaurios triásicos en la Prov. de Santa Cruz [On the discovery of Triassic dinosaurs in Santa Cruz Prov.]. Argentina Austral 35:10-11
- D. Pol and J. E. Powell. 2007. Skull anatomy of Mussaurus patagonicus (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the Late Triassic of Patagonia. Historical Biology 19(1):125-144
Categories:
- Geologic formations of Argentina
- Triassic System of South America
- Triassic Argentina
- Norian Stage
- Siltstone formations of Argentina
- Dolomite formations
- Ichnofossiliferous formations
- Austral or Magallanes Basin
- Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of South America
- Paleontology in Argentina
- Geology of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
- Geology of Patagonia