Cazaderos Formation

Cazaderos Formation Stratigraphic range: Albian ~110–100 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Unit of
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Location
Coordinates	3°54′S 80°06′W / 3.9°S 80.1°W / -3.9; -80.1Coordinates: 3°54′S 80°06′W / 3.9°S 80.1°W / -3.9; -80.1
Approximate paleocoordinates	10°24′S 53°30′W / 10.4°S 53.5°W / -10.4; -53.5
Region	Loja Province
Country	Ecuador
Type section
Named for	Quebrada Cazaderos
Cazaderos Formation (Ecuador)

The Cazaderos Formation is an Albian geologic formation in southern Ecuador.^[1]

Fossil content[]

Fossil theropod tracks of 9 centimetres (3.5 in) in size,^[2] have been reported from the formation at the Puyango River tracksite.^[3][4]

See also[]

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Ecuador
• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with theropod tracks
• Hiló Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of Colombia
• Itapecuru Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of the and Parnaíba Basins, Brazil
• Romualdo Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of the Araripe Basin, Brazil
• Lagarcito Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of the , Argentina
• Lohan Cura Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina
• Cerro Barcino Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of the Cañadón Asfalto Basin, Argentina
• Mata Amarilla Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of the Austral Basin, Argentina

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Leonardi, Giuseppe. 1994. Annotated Atlas of South America Tetrapod Footprints (Devonian to Holocene) with an appendix on Mexico and Central America, 1–248. Ministerio de Minas e Energia - Companhia de Pesquisa de Recursos Minerais, Geological Service of Brazil. Accessed 2019-03-25.
• Weishampel, David B.; Peter Dodson, and Halszka Osmólska (eds.). 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21.ISBN 0-520-24209-2