The Chaunaca Formation is a
Campanian
The Campanian is the fifth of six ages of the Late Cretaceous epoch on the geologic timescale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS). In chronostratigraphy, it is the fifth of six stages in the Upper Cretaceous Series. Campa ...
geologic
formation
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Mathematics and science
* Cave formation or speleothem, a secondary ...
of Bolivia. Fossil
sauropod
Sauropoda (), whose members are known as sauropods (; from '' sauro-'' + '' -pod'', 'lizard-footed'), is a clade of saurischian ('lizard-hipped') dinosaurs. Sauropods had very long necks, long tails, small heads (relative to the rest of their b ...
tracks have been reported from the formation.
[Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.]Humaca tracksite
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See also
* List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
This list of dinosaur-bearing rock formations is a list of geologic formations in which dinosaur fossils have been documented.
* List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur body fossils
* List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils
** ...
** List of stratigraphic units with sauropodomorph tracks
Prosauropods
Sauropods
See also
List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
This list of dinosaur-bearing rock formations is a list of geologic formations in which dinosaur fossils have been documented.
* List of stratigraphic units with ...
*** Sauropod tracks
References
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Further reading
* {{citation , last1=Lockley , first1=M.G. , last2=Schulp , first2=A.S. , last3=Meyer , first3=C.A. , last4=Leonardi , first4=G. , last5=Mamani , first5=D.K. , year=2002 , title=Titanosaurid trackways from the Upper Cretaceous of Bolivia: evidence for large manus, wide-gauge locomotion and gregarious behaviour , url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/222695396 , journal=Cretaceous Research
''Cretaceous Research'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier. The journal focuses on topics dealing with the Cretaceous period and the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary.
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, volume=23 , issue=3 , pages=383–400 , doi=10.1006/cres.2002.1006 , bibcode=2002CrRes..23..383L , accessdate=2019-03-03
Geologic formations of Bolivia
Upper Cretaceous Series of South America
Cretaceous Bolivia
Campanian Stage
Sandstone formations
Ichnofossiliferous formations
Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of South America
Paleontology in Bolivia
Formations