Earth:Letrero Formation
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| Letrero Formation Stratigraphic range: Late Miocene (Mayoan-Montehermosan) ~11.6–5.3 Ma | |
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| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Siltstone |
| Other | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 3°18′S 79°06′W / 3.3°S 79.1°W |
| Paleocoordinates | [ ⚑ ] 3°42′S 77°24′W / 3.7°S 77.4°W |
| Region | Azuay Province |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Extent | Sierra Region |
  Letrero Formation (Ecuador) | |
The Letrero Formation is a Late Miocene (Mayoan to Montehermosan in the SALMA classification) geologic formation in south-central Ecuador. The formation comprises lacustrine sediments with strong fluvial clastic input and contains siltstones and fine-grained sandstones.[1]
Fossil content
The formation has provided fossils of:
- Anadasypus aequatorianus[2]
- Caviomorpha indet.
- Litopterna indet.
- Nabondasypus maddeni[3]
- Toxodontia indet.
See also
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Ecuador
References
- ↑ RHM Locality 4 at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Carlini et al., 2014
- ↑ Barasoain, D.; Zurita, A. E.; Carrión, J. L.; Ñauñay Michilena, D. A.; Luna, C. A.; Miño-Boilini, A. R. (2026). "New endemic Dasypodidae (Xenarthra, Cingulata) from the Late Miocene of Ecuador and the importance of the tropics in the cladogenesis of armadillos". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 24. doi:10.1080/14772019.2026.2648714.
Bibliography
- Carlini, Alfredo A.; Castro, Mariela C.; Madden, Richard H.; Scillato Yané, Gustavo J. (2013), "A new species of Dasypodidae (Xenarthra: Cingulata) from the late Miocene of northwestern South America: implications in the Dasypodini phylogeny and diversity", Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology 26 (6): 728–736, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265790509, retrieved 2019-02-09
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