Cañón del Colorado Formation
Cañón del Colorado Formation Stratigraphic range: Early Jurassic, | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Sub-units | Upper Pelitic Member |
Thickness | >148 m (486 ft) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Conglomerate |
Other | Claystone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 30°30′S 68°30′W / 30.5°S 68.5°WCoordinates: 30°30′S 68°30′W / 30.5°S 68.5°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 31°00′S 30°00′W / 31.0°S 30.0°W |
Region | San Juan Province |
Country | Argentina |
Extent | |
Type section | |
Named for | Colorado River |
Cañón del Colorado Formation (Argentina) |
The Canon del Colorado Formation is an Early Jurassic geologic formation in the San Juan Province of Argentina. The formation comprises conglomerates and claystones and is exposed in the . Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation; Adeopapposaurus.[1]
See also[]
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils
- Etjo Sandstone
References[]
- ^ Sierra de Mogna at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography[]
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
Further reading[]
- R. N. Martínez. 2009. Adeopapposaurus mognai, gen. et sp. nov. (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha), with comments on adaptations of basal Sauropodomorpha. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(1):142-164
- J. P. Milana, R. N. Martínez, and O. A. Alcober. 1995. A new dinosaur locality of Upper Triassic-Lower Jurassic age from San Juan province, Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(3, suppl.):44A-45A
Categories:
- Geologic formations of Argentina
- Jurassic System of South America
- Early Jurassic South America
- Jurassic Argentina
- Conglomerate formations
- Shale formations
- Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of South America
- Paleontology in Argentina
- Geology of San Juan Province, Argentina
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- South American geologic formation stubs
- Argentina stubs
- Jurassic stubs