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Coordinates: 48°06′S 68°18′W / 48.1°S 68.3°W / -48.1; -68.3
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Laguna Colorada Formation
Stratigraphic range: Norian
~221.5–205.6 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofEl Tranquilo Group
Lithology
PrimarySiltstone
Otherdolomite
Location
Coordinates48°06′S 68°18′W / 48.1°S 68.3°W / -48.1; -68.3
Approximate paleocoordinates56°42′S 24°48′W / 56.7°S 24.8°W / -56.7; -24.8
RegionSanta Cruz Province
Country Argentina
ExtentAustral Basin
Laguna Colorada Formation is located in Argentina
Laguna Colorada Formation
Laguna Colorada Formation (Argentina)

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]

Vertebrate paleofauna

File:Scotese 220 ma.png
Late Triassic (220 Ma)

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"
[1][2]
Heterodontosauridae indet. Santa Cruz Province
[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d 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.
  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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