Earth:Cardiel Formation
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Short description: Geologic formation in Argentina
| Cardiel Formation Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Slogget & San Julián Formations |
| Overlies | Divisadero & Kachaike Formations |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone, conglomerate |
| Other | Tuff |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 49°00′S 71°24′W / 49.0°S 71.4°W |
| Paleocoordinates | [ ⚑ ] 50°54′S 60°54′W / 50.9°S 60.9°W |
| Region | Santa Cruz Province |
| Country | Argentina |
| Extent | Austral Basin |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Lake Cardiel |
| Named by | Russo & Flores |
| Year defined | 1971 |
  Cardiel Formation (Argentina) | |
The Cardiel Formation is a Maastrichtian geologic formation of the Austral Basin in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina . The formation comprises sandstones and conglomerates with abundant tuff beds.[1] The formation is overlain by the Slogget and San Julián Formations and overlies the Divisadero and Kachaike Formations.[2] Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[3]
Paleofauna
- Clasmodosaurus spatula - Teeth[4] - (sauropod indet)
- "Loncosaurus argentinus" (ornithopod indet.) - Femur.[5] This genus may have also been found in the Matasiete Formation.
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of stratigraphic units with few dinosaur genera
- Allen Formation
References
Bibliography
- Pérez Panera, Juan Pablo. 2010. Sistemática y bioestratigrafía de los nanofósiles calcáreos del Cretácico del sudeste de la Cuenca Austral, Santa Cruz, Argentina (PhD thesis), 1–450. Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
- 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
- J. E. Powell. 2003. Revision of South American titanosaurid dinosaurs: palaeobiological, palaeobiogeographical and phylogenetic aspects. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum Launceston 111:1-173
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