Laguna Colorada Formation
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 Norian.[1]
| Laguna Colorada Formation Stratigraphic range: Norian ~221.5–205.6 Ma | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | El Tranquilo Group |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Siltstone |
| Other | dolomite |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 48.1°S 68.3°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 56.7°S 24.8°W |
| Region | Santa Cruz Province |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Extent | Austral Basin |
  Laguna Colorada Formation (Argentina) | |
Vertebrate paleofauna
Dinosaur tracks geographically located in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.[1]
| Dinosaurs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Location | Material | Notes | Images | |
| Mussaurus | M. patagonicus | Santa Cruz Province | "More than [ten] fragmentary to complete skeletons, [four] skulls, juvenile to adult" |  | ||
| Heterodontosauridae indet. | Santa Cruz Province | |||||
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References
- 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. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- "Table 12.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 235.
Further reading
- 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
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