The Laguna Colorada Formation is a geological
formation
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of the
Austral Basin in
Patagonia
Patagonia () refers to a geographical region that encompasses the southern end of South America, governed by Argentina and Chile. The region comprises the southern section of the Andes Mountains with lakes, fjords, temperate rainforests, and ...
, Argentina. The formation belongs to the
El Tranquilo Group
The El Tranquilo Group is a geologic group dating to roughly between 228 and 200 million years ago and covering part of the Late Triassic. The El Tranquilo Group is found in the Austral Basin of Santa Cruz Province of Argentina. Fossil flora an ...
and dates back to the Early Jurassic, with a maximum age of 192.78 ± 0.14 Ma.
[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. .]
Vertebrate paleofauna
Dinosaur tracks geographically located in
Santa Cruz Province
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,
Argentina
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.
See also
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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.
Containing body fossils
* List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur body fossils
** List of stratigraphic units with f ...
References
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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
he 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
n the discovery of Triassic dinosaurs in Santa Cruz Prov.
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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
Geologic formations of Argentina
Triassic System of South America
Triassic Argentina
Norian Stage
Siltstone formations
Dolomite formations
Ichnofossiliferous formations
Formations
Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of South America
Paleontology in Argentina
Geology of Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
Geology of Patagonia