Chañares Formation
| Chañares Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Early Carnian Late Triassic | |
| Type | Geologic formation |
| Location | |
| Region | La Rioja Province |
| Country | Argentina |
The Chañares Formation is geologic formation located in La Rioja Provence, Argentina.
It was originally thought to be formed during the Ladinian age of the Middle Triassic epoch, in the Triassic Period of the Mesozoic Era; Marsicano et al. (2016) dated it to early Carnian (236–234 Ma), Late Triassic.[1]
Fossils
Some localities are well known for their abundance of tetrapod fossils. Theraspids include the kannemeyeriid Dinodontosaurus, and cynodonts such as Probainognathus and Massetognathus, the latter being the most abundant tetrapod taxon in the formation.[2] Other notable tetrapods present from the formation are the archosaurs. Ornithodirans include Lewisuchus,[3] Lagerpeton,[4] Marasuchus,[5] and Pseudolagosuchus.[6] Other archosaurs include Gracilisuchus[7] and Luperosuchus.[8] Three proterochampsids are known from the formation, Tropidosuchus, Chanaresuchus, and Gualosuchus. They are very similar in appearance, but differ in size and cranial proportions.[9]
References
- ^ Claudia A. Marsicano, Randall B. Irmis, Adriana C. Mancuso, Roland Mundil and Farid Chemale (2016). "The precise temporal calibration of dinosaur origins". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 113 (3): 509–513. doi:10.1073/pnas.1512541112.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Romer, A. S. (1967). "The Chañares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna. III. Two new gomphodonts, Massetognathus pascuali and M. teruggii". Breviora. 264: 1–25.
- ^ Romer, A. S. (1972). "The Chañares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna; XIV, Lewisuchus admixtus, gen. et sp. nov., a further thecodont from the Chañares beds". Breviora. 390: 1–13.
- ^ Romer, A. S. (1971). "The Chañares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna. X. Two new but incompletely known long-limbed pseudosuchians". Breviora. 378: 1–10.
- ^ Sereno, P. C.; Arcucci, A. B. (1994). "Dinosaurian precursors from the Middle Triassic of Argentina: Marasuchus lilloensis, gen. nov". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 14 (1): 53–73. doi:10.1080/02724634.1994.10011538.
- ^ Arcucci, A. B. (1987). "Un nuevo Lagosuchidae (Thecodontia-Pseudosuchia) de la fauna de Los Chañares (Edad Reptil Chañarense, Triasico Medio), La Rioja, Argentina". Ameghiniana. 24 (1–2): 89–94.
- ^ Romer, A. S. (1972). "The Chañares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna. XIII. An early ornithosuchid pseudosuchian, Gracilisuchus stipanicicorum, gen. et sp. nov". Breviora. 389: 1–24.
- ^ Romer, A. S. (1971). "The Chañares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna. VIII. A fragmentary skull of a large thecodont, Luperosuchus fractus". Breviora. 373: 1–8.
- ^ Romer, A. S. (1971). "The Chañares (Argentina) Triassic reptile fauna. XI. Two new long-snouted thecodonts, Chanaresuchus and Gualosuchus". Breviora. 379: 1–22.