Laguna Colorada Formation
| Laguna Colorada Formation | ||
|---|---|---|
Ma | ||
| Type | Approximate paleocoordinates 56°42′S 24°48′W / 56.7°S 24.8°W | |
| Region | Santa Cruz Province | |
| Country | Argentina | |
| Extent | Austral Basin | |
  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 Early Jurassic, with a maximum age of 192.78 ± 0.14 Ma.[1][2]
Vertebrate paleofauna
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" |  | ||
| Heterodontosauridae indet. | Santa Cruz Province | |||||
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References
- ^ ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- S2CID 239455925.
- ^ "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