Chaunaca Formation
| Chaunaca Formation Stratigraphic range: Campanian | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Upper |
| Overlies | |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 19°06′S 65°30′W / 19.1°S 65.5°WCoordinates: 19°06′S 65°30′W / 19.1°S 65.5°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 22°24′S 47°06′W / 22.4°S 47.1°W |
| Region | Chuquisaca Department |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Extent | |
| Type section | |
| Named for | |
  Chaunaca Formation (Bolivia) | |
The Chaunaca Formation is a Campanian geologic formation of Bolivia. Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1][2]
See also[]
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of stratigraphic units with sauropodomorph tracks
- Sauropod tracks
- List of stratigraphic units with sauropodomorph tracks
References[]
- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ^ Humaca tracksite at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography[]
- ; , and . 2004. The Dinosauria, 2nd edition, 1–880. Berkeley: University of California Press. Accessed 2019-02-21. ISBN 0-520-24209-2
Further reading[]
- ; ; ; , and . 2002. Titanosaurid trackways from the Upper Cretaceous of Bolivia: evidence for large manus, wide-gauge locomotion and gregarious behaviour. Cretaceous Research 23. 383–400. Accessed 2019-03-03.
Categories:
- 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
- Chuquisaca Department