Chorrillo Formation
| Chorrillo Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Calafate Formation |
| Overlies | La Irene Formation |
| Thickness | >50 m (160 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Claystone |
| Location | |
| Location | Patagonia |
| Coordinates | 49°54′S 72°30′W / 49.9°S 72.5°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 51°48′S 62°12′W / 51.8°S 62.2°W |
| Region | Santa Cruz Province |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Extent | Southeast of Viedma Lake North of Argentino Lake Austral Basin |
| Type section | |
| Named by | Arbe & Hechem |
| Year defined | 1984 |
  Chorrillo Formation (Argentina) | |
The Chorrillo Formation, also named as Chorillo Formation,[1] is a Maastrichtian geologic formation in southern Patagonia, Argentina. The formation is more than 50 metres (160 ft) thick and underlies the Calafate Formation and rests on top of the La Irene Formation.[2]
Fossils
Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation.
Fossils recovered from the formation are:
- Dinosaurs
- Isasicursor
- Nullotitan
- Kookne
- Megaraptoridae indet.
- Noasauridae indet.
- Unenlagiidae indet.
- Anurans
- Anura indet.
- Calyptocephalellidae indet
- Fishes
- Teleostei indet.
- Vidalamiinae indet.
- Mammals
- Magallanodon
- Mammalia indet.
- Mosasaurs
- Mosasauridae indet.
- Snakes
- Rionegrophis
- Serpentes indet.
- Turtles
- Chelidae indet.
Other fossils recovered from the formation are:
- Gastropods
- Pomacea sp.
- Pleuroceridae indet.
- Potamolithus sp.
- Physa sp.
- Stenophysa sp.
- Achatinidae indet.
- Holospira sp.
- Bulimulidae indet.
See also
References
- ^ Río Leona at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Marenssi et al., 2003, p.406
Bibliography
- Template:Cite LSA
- Template:Cite LSAISBN 0-520-24209-2
- Novas, F.; Agnolin, F.; Rozadilla, S.; Aranciaga-Rolando, A.; Brissón-Eli, F.; Motta, M.; Cerroni, M.; Ezcurra, M.; Martinelli, A.; D'Angelo, J.; Álvarez-Herrera, J.; Gentil, A.; Bogan, S.; Chimento, N.; García-Marsà, J.; Lo Coco, G.; Miquel, S.; Brito, F.; Vera, E.; Loinaze, V.; Fernandez, M.; Salgado, L. (2019). "Paleontological discoveries in the Chorrillo Formation (upper Campanian-lower Maastrichtian, Upper Cretaceous), Santa Cruz Province, Patagonia, Argentina". Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales. 21 (2): 217–293. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
- Chimento, N.; Agnolin, F.; Tsuihiji, T.; Manabe, M.; Novas, F. (2020). "New record of a Mesozoic gondwanatherian mammaliaform from Southern Patagonia". The Science of Nature. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
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