Takutu Formation

Takutu Formation Stratigraphic range: Late Jurassic
Type	Geological formation
Unit of
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Location
Coordinates	3°00′N 59°42′W / 3.0°N 59.7°W / 3.0; -59.7Coordinates: 3°00′N 59°42′W / 3.0°N 59.7°W / 3.0; -59.7
Approximate paleocoordinates	3°12′N 27°24′W / 3.2°N 27.4°W / 3.2; -27.4
Region	Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo
Country	Brazil  Guyana
Extent	Guyana Shield
Type section
Named for	Takutu River
Takutu Formation (Guyana)

The Takutu Formation is a Late Jurassic geologic formation in Guyana and northern Brazil. The formation comprises sandstones deposited in a shallow water to littoral setting.^[1] Fossil theropod tracks (a type of dinosaur) have been reported from the formation.^[2][3] A paleobotanic analysis of drill cores of the formation was conducted by Thomas van der Hammen in 1966 and showed fossil flora.^[1]

See also[]

• List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
  • List of stratigraphic units with theropod tracks
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Guyana

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Berrangé, J.P. 1977. The geology of Southern Guyana, South America. Institute of Geological Sciences Overseas Memoir 4. 1–112. Accessed 2018-09-07.
• 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

Further reading[]

• R. B. McConnell, D. M. Smith, and J. P. Berrangé. 1969. Geological and geophysical evidence for a rift valley in the Guiana Shield. Geologie en Mijnbouw 48(2):189-199