Earth:Baños del Flaco Formation
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| Baños del Flaco Formation Stratigraphic range: Tithonian-Berriasian ~150–141 Ma | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Mendoza Group |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Limestone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 34°48′S 70°30′W / 34.8°S 70.5°W |
| Paleocoordinates | [ ⚑ ] 33°00′S 33°24′W / 33.0°S 33.4°W |
| Region | O'Higgins Region |
| Country |  Chile |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Baños del Flaco (es) |
  Baños del Flaco Formation (Chile) | |
The Baños del Flaco Formation is a Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous (Tithonian to Berriasian geologic formation in central Chile . The formation comprises limestones and sandstones deposited in a shallow marine to fluvial environment.[1][2] Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.[3]
Fossil content
Among others, the following fossils have been found in the formation:[4]
- Ichnofossils
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- Camptosaurichnus fasolae[1]
- Iguanodonichnus frenkii[1]
- Ornithopoda indet.
- Theropoda indet.
- Ammonites, echinoderms and bivalves
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks
- Ornithopod tracks
- List of stratigraphic units with ornithischian tracks
- Arcabuco Formation, contemporaneous ichnofossil-bearing formation in Colombia
- Chacarilla Formation, contemporaneous ichnofossil-bearing formation in northern Chile
- Coihaique Group, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation in the Aysén Basin
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Leonardi, 1994, p.65
- ↑ Baños del Flaco Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp.517-607
- ↑ Termas del Flaco at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography
- Leonardi, Giuseppe. 1994. Annotated Atlas of South America Tetrapod Footprints (Devonian to Holocene) with an appendix on Mexico and Central America, 1–248. Ministerio de Minas e Energia - Companhia de Pesquisa de Recursos Minerais, Geological Service of Brazil. Accessed 2019-03-25.
- Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21.ISBN:0-520-24209-2
Further reading
- C. Salazar and W. Stinnesbeck. 2016. Tithonian–Berriasian ammonites from the Baños del Flaco Formation, central Chile. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14:149-182
- A. P. Larrain and L. Biró-Bagóczky. 1985. New Pygurus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) from the Tithonian of central Chile: first record from the Jurassic of the southern hemisphere. Journal of Paleontology 59(6):1409-1413
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