The Chaunaca Formation is a Campanian geologic formation of Bolivia. Fossil sauropod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1][2]
| Chaunaca Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Campanian | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Upper Puca Group |
| Overlies | Aroifilla Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 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 | Subandean Belt |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Chaunaca |
  Chaunaca Formation (Bolivia) | |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution." Pp. 517-607.
- ^ Humaca tracksite at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography edit
- 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 edit
- Lockley, M.G.; A.S. Schulp; C.A. Meyer; G. Leonardi, and D.K. Mamani. 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.