The Cazaderos Formation is an Albian geologic formation in southern Ecuador.[1]
| Cazaderos Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Albian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Alamor Group |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 3°54′S 80°06′W / 3.9°S 80.1°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 10°24′S 53°30′W / 10.4°S 53.5°W |
| Region | Loja Province |
| Country |  Ecuador |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Quebrada Cazaderos |
  Cazaderos Formation (Ecuador) | |
Fossil content
editFossil 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
edit- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Ecuador
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- Hiló Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of Colombia
- Itapecuru Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of the São Luis and Parnaíba Basins, Brazil
- Romualdo Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of the Araripe Basin, Brazil
- Lagarcito Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of the Marayes-El Carrizal Basin, 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
edit- ^ Cazaderos Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Leonardi, 1994, p.82
- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ^ Río Puyango tracksite at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography
editLeonardi, 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