The Quiriquina Formation is a geological formation in Chile whose strata date back to the Late Cretaceous . Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.[ 1] The glauconitic sandstones and conglomerates of the formation were deposited in a marine environment .[ 2]
Paleofauna
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Reptiles
Birds
Birds reported from the Quiriquina Formation
Genus
Species
Presence
Material
Notes
Images
Neogaeornis [ 3] [ 4]
N. wetzeli
Bahía San Vicente
Two tarsometatarsi
A diving bird, possibly a vegaviid
Mosasaurs
Mosasaurs reported from the Quiriquina Formation
Genus
Species
Presence
Material
Notes
Images
cf. Halisaurinae indet.[ 5]
Indeterminate
Loanco
Isolated tooth (SGO.PV.6629)
A halisaurine, another specimen formerly given the same classification has been reclassified as Halisaurus sp.
Halisaurus [ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
H. sp.
Cocholgüe
Jaw elements (CPOC/Q/3105)
Specimen formerly classified as cf. Plotosaurus sp. and cf. Halisaurinae indet.
Mosasauridae indet.[ 5] [ 8]
Indeterminate
Quiriquina Island
Dorsal vertebra (CPMC 18)
A mosasaur, specimen is too fragmentary and eroded for more precise identification
Indeterminate
Algarrobo
Isolated tooth (SGO.PV.6570)
Three isolated tooth crowns (SGO.PV.6571)
Material resembles the teeth of a specimen now referred to Halisaurus sp. (CPOC/Q/3105)
Plotosaurus [ 6] [ 7]
cf. P. sp.
Cocholgüe
Jaw elements (CPOC/Q/3105)
Specimen reassigned to Halisaurus sp.
Tylosaurinae indet.[ 5]
Indeterminate
Two teeth (MPC 11000 & MPC 11001)
A tylosaurine
Plesiosaurs
Plesiosaurs reported from the Quiriquina Formation
Genus
Species
Presence
Material
Notes
Images
Aristonectes [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12]
A. quiriquinensis
Partial skeleton (SGO.PV.957)
Postcranial skeleton of a juvenile (SGO.PV.260)
Complete femur (SGO.PV.135)
Partial humerus (SGO.PV.169)
Caudal vertebrae (SGO.PV.94)
An aristonectine, some specimens of this species were formerly reported as Aristonectinae indet. or Mauisaurus sp.
Aristonectinae indet.[ 9] [ 10]
Indeterminate
Las Tablas Bay
Postcranial skeleton of a juvenile (SGO.PV.260)
Specimen reassigned to Aristonectes quiriquinensis
Cimoliasaurus [ 4] [ 13] [ 14]
C. andium
Vertebrae and limb elements
An elasmosaurid, species now deemed a nomen dubium
Elasmosauridae indet.[ 8] [ 14]
Indeterminate
Algarrobo
21 articulated vertebrae (SGO.PV.90)
17 teeth (SGO.PV.6572)
An elasmosaurid
Indeterminate
Mariscadero
Postcranial skeleton (SGO.PV.6506)
May represent the same species as material referred to the dubious "Cimoliasaurus " andium
Mauisaurus [ 12] [ 15]
M. sp.
Las Tablas Bay
Specimens reassigned to Aristonectes quiriquinensis
Plesiosauria indet.[ 8]
Indeterminate
Algarrobo
Partial left propodial (SGO.PV.6638)
May represent a young individual
Pliosaurus [ 4] [ 13]
P. chilensis
Vertebrae and limb elements (now lost)
Species now deemed a nomen dubium , material actually represents an elasmosaurid and not a pliosaur
Wunyelfia [ 16]
W. maulensis
Pelluhue
Partial skeleton (SGO.PV.6507)
An aristonectine
Turtles
Turtles reported from the Quiriquina Formation
Genus
Species
Presence
Material
Notes
Images
Australobaena [ 17] [ 18]
A. chilensis
Quiriquina
Skull (SFMF R 4151)
A baenid
Chelonioidea indet.[ 8]
Indeterminate
Algarrobo
Partial left humerus (MPC.11001)
A sea turtle
cf. Dermochelyidae indet.[ 8]
Indeterminate
Algarrobo
Associated ilium, scapula and pubis (SGO.PV.6573)
A possible dermochelyid, though the feature used to diagnose it as such may also be present in some protostegids
Euclastes [ 19]
E. sp.
Cocholgüe
Skull (SGO.PV.6504)
A pancheloniid
Testudines indet.[ 8]
Indeterminate
Algarrobo
Neural plate (MPC.11003)
Peripheral plate (MPC.11002)
A turtle, specimens cannot be identified more precisely
Fish
Bony fish
Bony fish reported from the Quiriquina Formation
Genus
Species
Presence
Material
Notes
Images
Belonostomus [ 4] [ 20]
B. longirostris
Algarrobo
Two rostrum fragments (SGO-PV 788 & SGO PV 790)
Predentary (SGO-PV-789)
An aspidorhynchid
Enchodus [ 21]
E. sp.
Algarrobo
Abdominal centrum (SGO.PV.6825)
Dermopalatine with attached fang (SGO.PV.6820a)
Broken dermopalatine with attached broken fang (SGO.PV.6820b)
Incomplete right articular (SGO.PV.6824)
Two isolated fangs (SGO.PV.6519)
An aulopiform
Pachycormidae indet.[ 21]
Indeterminate
Algarrobo
Six teeth (SGO.PV.6620)
Specimens resemble the teeth of Protosphyraena but are much smaller
Pachyrhizodus [ 21]
P. sp.
Algarrobo
Three isolated teeth (SGO.PV.6571)
A crossognathiform
Cartilaginous fish
Crustaceans
Crustaceans reported from the Quiriquina Formation
Genus
Species
Presence
Material
Notes
Images
Anomura indet.[ 23]
Indeterminate
Algarrobo
Broken dactylus tip (SGO.PI.6408)
A possible hermit crab
Protocallianassa [ 23] [ 24]
P. saetosa
Multiple specimens
A callianassid
Molluscs
Bivalves
Bivalves reported from the Quiriquina Formation
Genus
Species
Presence
Material
Notes
Images
Cardium [ 24]
C. acuticostatum
Loanco
82 specimens
A cockle
Cephalopods
Gastropods
Gastropods reported from the Quiriquina Formation
Genus
Species
Presence
Material
Notes
Images
Anisomyon [ 28]
A. patelliformis
A siphonariid
Austrosphaera [ 28]
A. difficilis
A buccinoid
Avellana [ 28]
A. (Eriptycha) chilensis
A ringiculid
Brunonia [ 28]
B. sp.
A carinariid
Calyptraea [ 28]
C. (Trochita) laevis
A calyptraeid
Concepcionella [ 28]
C. bonillana
Crenilabium [ 28]
C. (Nonacteonina) chilensis
An acteonid
C. (Eacteon) valdovinosensis
Quiriquina Island
An acteonid
Gyrodes [ 28]
G. (Dockeryella) euryomphalus
A naticid
Petropoma [ 28]
P. biroensis
Quiriquina Island
A colloniid
Polinices [ 28]
P. (Polinella) ganae
A naticid
Pyrifusus [ 28]
P. (Deussenia) gigantea
Quiriquina Island
A pholidotomid
Pyropsis [ 28]
P. (Chilenopsis) quinzioensis
Quiriquina Island
A pyropsid
Tegula [ 28]
T. ovallei
Numerous specimens, very common
A tegulid
Tephlon [ 28]
T. tummidus
A pugnellid
Trochifusus [ 28]
T. hombroniana
A pyropsid
See also
Arauco Basin
Dorotea Formation
List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
Quiriquina Island
References
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↑ Cocholgüe village, sea coast at Fossilworks .org
↑ Olson, Storrs (1991). "Neogaeornis wetzeli Lambrecht, a Cretaceous loon from Chile (Aves: Gaviidae)" . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 12 (1): 122–124. doi :10.1080/02724634.1992.10011438 . https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02724634.1992.10011438 .
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↑ 10.0 10.1 Otero, Rodrigo A.; Soto-Acuña, Sergio; O'Keefe, Frank Robin; O'Gorman, José P.; Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang; Suárez, Mario E.; Rubilar-Rogers, David; Salazar, Christian et al . (2014). "Aristonectes quiriquinensis , sp. nov., a new highly derived elasmosaurid from the upper Maastrichtian of central Chile" (in en). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 (1): 100–125. doi :10.1080/02724634.2013.780953 . ISSN 0272-4634 . Bibcode : 2014JVPal..34..100O . https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259582452 .
↑ Otero, Rodrigo A.; Soto-Acuña, Sergio; O'keefe, Frank R. (2018). "Osteology of Aristonectes quiriquinensis (Elasmosauridae, Aristonectinae) from the upper Maastrichtian of central Chile" . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38 (1). doi :10.1080/02724634.2017.1408638 . Bibcode : 2018JVPal..38E8638O . https://www.academia.edu/65534028 .
↑ 12.0 12.1 Otero, Ra; O'Gorman, Jp; Hiller, N (2015-07-03). "Reassessment of the upper Maastrichtian material from Chile referred to Mauisaurus Hector, 1874 (Plesiosauroidea: Elasmosauridae) and the taxonomical value of the hemispherical propodial head among austral elasmosaurids" (in en). New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 58 (3): 252–261. doi :10.1080/00288306.2015.1037775 . ISSN 0028-8306 . Bibcode : 2015NZJGG..58..252O . https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274253383 .
↑ 13.0 13.1 Steinmann, Gustav (1895) (in de). Das Alter und die Fauna der Quiriquina-Schichten in Chile . E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagshandlung (E. Koch). https://books.google.com/books?id=AgBGAQAAMAAJ&q=info:b5jfgvXk7YEJ:scholar.google.com/ .
↑ 14.0 14.1 Otero, Rodrigo A.; Soto-Acuña, Sergio; Vargas, Alexander O.; Rubilar-Rogers, David (2014). "A new postcranial skeleton of an elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of central Chile and reassessment of Cimoliasaurus andium Deecke" (in en). Cretaceous Research 50 : 318–331. doi :10.1016/j.cretres.2014.05.008 . Bibcode : 2014CrRes..50..318O . https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262223963 .
↑ Otero, Rodrigo A.; Soto-Acuña, Sergio; Rubilar-Rogers, David (2010). "Presence of the elasmosaurid plesiosaur Mauisaurus in the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of central Chile" . Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 55 (2): 361–364. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233402748 .
↑ Otero, Rodrigo A.; Soto-Acuña, Sergio (2021-02-01). "Wunyelfia maulensis gen. et sp. nov., a new basal aristonectine (Plesiosauria, Elasmosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of central Chile" . Cretaceous Research 118 . doi :10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104651 . ISSN 0195-6671 . Bibcode : 2021CrRes.11804651O . https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0195667120303372 .
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↑ Karl, Hans-Volker; Safi, Amtyaz; Tichy, Gottfried (2024-12-23). "Cranial anatomy and holotype reconstruction of the Late Cretaceous turtle, Australobaena chilensis from the Quiriquina Formation, Chile" . Mesozoic 1 (4): 474–482. doi :10.11646/mesozoic.1.4.5 . ISSN 3021-1867 . https://mapress.com/mz/article/view/mesozoic.1.4.5 .
↑ Parham, James F.; Otero, Rodrigo A.; Suárez, Mario E. (2014-05-01). "A sea turtle skull from the Cretaceous of Chile with comments on the taxonomy and biogeography of Euclastes (formerly Osteopygis )" . Cretaceous Research 49 : 181–189. doi :10.1016/j.cretres.2014.03.004 . ISSN 0195-6671 . Bibcode : 2014CrRes..49..181P . https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0195667114000445 .
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↑ 22.0 22.1 Suárez, Mario E.; Cappetta, Henri (2004). "Sclerorhynchid teeth (Neoselachii, Sclerorhynchidae) from the Late Cretaceous of the Quiriquina Formation, central Chile" (in en). Revista geológica de Chile 31 (1). doi :10.4067/S0716-02082004000100005 . ISSN 0716-0208 .
↑ 23.0 23.1 Encinas, A.; Suárez, M.; Schweitzer, C. E.; Feldmann, R. M. (2006-01-01). "New Cretaceous and Eocene Callianassoidea (Thalassinidea, Decapoda) from Algarrobo, Chile" (in en). Journal of Crustacean Biology 26 (1): 73–81. doi :10.1651/C-2603.1 . ISSN 0278-0372 . Bibcode : 2006JCBio..26...73E . https://academic.oup.com/jcb/article-lookup/doi/10.1651/C-2603.1 .
↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 24.5 Castro, Nataly; Salazar, Christian; Otero, Rodrigo; Stinnesback, Wolfgang; Escare, Andrés. "An invertebrate assemblage from the Quiriquina Formation (Upper Cretaceous), in Loanco, central Chile" . IV Simposio de Paleontología en Chile : 26–28. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311453894 .
↑ 25.00 25.01 25.02 25.03 25.04 25.05 25.06 25.07 25.08 25.09 25.10 25.11 25.12 25.13 25.14 25.15 25.16 25.17 25.18 Salazar, Christian; Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang; Quinzio-Sinn, Luis Arturo (2010-08-01). "Ammonites from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) Quiriquina Formation in central Chile" (in en). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 257 (2): 181–236. doi :10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0072 . ISSN 0077-7749 . Bibcode : 2010NJGPA.257..181S . https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233694473 .
↑ Salazar, Christian (2013). "The largest Menuites fresvillensis (Seunes, 1890) (Ammonoidea, Pachydiscidae) from the Maastrichtian Quiriquina Formation, Chile" . Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile 62 (3): 31–40. https://www.academia.edu/7798980 .
↑ Bandel, Klaus; Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang (2006). "Naefia Wetzel 1930 from the Quiriquina formation (Late Maastrichtian, Chile): Relationship to modern Spirula and ancient coleoidea (Cephalopoda)" . Acta Universitatis Carolinae - Geologica 49 (1): 21–32. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287565202 .
↑ 28.00 28.01 28.02 28.03 28.04 28.05 28.06 28.07 28.08 28.09 28.10 28.11 28.12 28.13 28.14 Bandel, K.; Stinnesbeck, W. (2000). "Gastropods of the Quiriquina Formation (Maastrichtian) in Central Chile: Paleobiogeographic relationships and the description of a few new taxa" . Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie, Teil I : 757–788. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286282582 .
Further reading
M. E. Suarez and O. Fritis. 2002. Nuevo registro de Aristonectes sp. (Plesiosauroidea incertae sedis) del Cretácico Tardío de la Formación Quiriquina, Cocholgüe, Chile. Boletín de la Sociedad de Biología de Concepción 73:87-93
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